Can someone suggest a not so expensive pci-express raid card?

[cheapgoose]

so i picked up a second 74gig raptor for really cheap. I've always wanted to try raid 0. I have a pci-express port open and would like to find a raid card for it.

I don't really wanna spend too much for it. Can I get a SATA II raid card and use it? it says it's sata 1.0 compatible.

feel free to recommend a brand.

Thanks

 

[cheapgoose]

anyone?

 

[Arcanedeath]

They don't really make cheap PCI-E raid cards yet. its still all PCI for the truely cheap stuff. The cheapest PCI-E sata raid card I know of is SIIG SC-SAE312-S1 PCI Express x1 SATA II Controller Card - Retail

 

[InlineFour]

don't you have an onboard raid controller on your motherboard?

 

[cheapgoose]

Originally posted by: InlineFour
don't you have an onboard raid controller on your motherboard?

I do. but every guide or article I've read suggest that there is no performance gain what so ever using onboard controllers, or even pci controllers. That's why I wanted to play around with a pci-e card.

How does this look? found it browsing some sites. cheap card

 

[GrammatonJP]

There is no gain with a cheap add on card, all the cheap card are "soft" raid, only a few are hardware, ie areca, lsi, 3ware offer true raid with with real gains..

 

[EatSpam]

Originally posted by: GrammatonJP
There is no gain with a cheap add on card, all the cheap card are "soft" raid, only a few are hardware, ie areca, lsi, 3ware offer true raid with with real gains..

And all of those expensive cards are a waste for RAID-0. Go with the onboard controller, so when when one of your drives fail, taking your data with it, at least you won't be out any money for hardware!!

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: EatSpam

Originally posted by: GrammatonJP
There is no gain with a cheap add on card, all the cheap card are "soft" raid, only a few are hardware, ie areca, lsi, 3ware offer true raid with with real gains..

And all of those expensive cards are a waste for RAID-0. Go with the onboard controller, so when when one of your drives fail, taking your data with it, at least you won't be out any money for hardware!!

QFT

 

[ribbon13]

Heh. Noobs bring chuckles in the morning.

RAID possess the potential to be elite, powerful, and awesome. What it is not and never will be, however, is a performance 'free lunch.'

The point: The performance difference between 'decent RAID HBA and onboard ASIC with such a mediocre load for RAID as two raptors, the money spent is wasted. Get three raptors for RAID5 to even have glimmer, and a complete 180 degree in data reliability.

 

[SnoMunke]

Originally posted by: ribbon13

The point: The performance difference between 'decent RAID HBA and onboard ASIC with such a mediocre load for RAID as two raptors, the money spent is wasted. Get three raptors for RAID5 to even have glimmer, and a complete 180 degree in data reliability.

That was almost poetic.... 🙂

 

[cheapgoose]

Thaks to everyone that replied.