HELP!!!! What raid card do i get?.!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Maksim]

I have two 37GB raptors sata 150, i would like to run my os ( windows xp ) on them in raid 0.
I need a raid card that would go in to a pci slot. My mobo does not support raid because its an hp mobo...

Can someone suggest a good low cost raidcard, a link would be cool. I would like to get it from newegg.com

Any suggestion

 

[nsafreak]

Well I took a look at newegg and didn't find anything at all. I found some stuff on eBay under a brand called Silicon Image but I've never heard of them. How cheap are we talking anyways? Remember a good RAID card can be expensive. Wish I had some personal experience to give you advice on but the only one I've dealt with is an Adaptec that's in my server running with some Ultra160 SCSI drives.

 

[Philippine Mango]

I've heard of silicon image, hardly a nobody company..

 

[nsafreak]

Well if they're any good then he can get one off Ebay they don't run too much. One with two internal connectors would be about $40 off eBay. I just don't see memory on any of these low cost cards though and I'm used to having 64MB on the card I run in my server. Would have to think that would have a bearing on the card's performance.

 

[Luckyboy1]

I have a Promise card for you and will sell it for $10.00 and yes, it fits right into a PCI slot and runs 0 or 1 RAID, whichever you choose.

If interested, e-mail me at...

callingelvis911@yahoo.com

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: nsafreak
Well if they're any good then he can get one off Ebay they don't run too much. One with two internal connectors would be about $40 off eBay. I just don't see memory on any of these low cost cards though and I'm used to having 64MB on the card I run in my server. Would have to think that would have a bearing on the card's performance.

Not for RAID-0, no. You only really need onboard cache RAM for RAID-5 or similar, where a buffer is desirable.