What do I do...

[carnag3]

I have an ip35 motherboard that support raid 1,5,3,10 ( i think...) i have 6 sata ports, What do I do...

Vista x64
2x 500gig seagates... ES
2x750gig seagates ES
2x Sata DVD burners...
What way should I set this up...
I was thinking raid the 2 500's and the 2 750's together, so a the 750's mirrored for security and storage, the 2 500's striped (is it called) for performance, OS and games... I really have no idea and have never doen this before, any help? Thanks in advance!

 

[Ockie]

You are not going to see such great performance with raid 0, you would be better off selling those two 500's and get a vraptor instead, you will see more real world and more usable performance.

 

[carnag3]

oh ok, what about if i do not use raid at all? like 500 for OS + apps, 500 for music + scratch drive for when i do verry amateur video editing, and 2 750's with all my storage on both (iincase of falure)... what about that? I feel like such a noob lol. i dont think its really worth selling the 2 500's :S I get them heaps cheap anyway as i have a sellers accoutn at a supplier (sometimes up to 50% off retail)

 

[axan]

raid 1 for data protection is fine, just remember raid is not backup. It will protect your from disk failure, but it doesn't protect from "oh s!#t", viruses etc. Personally I think just sticking the 2nd 750 in external enclosure and using it to backup the other 750 would be a better choice.