Which is is the best Raid 5 SATA controller in the market?

[Qianglong]

I am debating between which 8 Port Raid 5 controller to buy. I've seen many positive reviews on the Areca but to me it is a relatively unknown brand as I've been using LSI products for many years.

LSI also has a 8 port SATA controller that has similar specs compared to the Areca:
http://www.lsilogic.com/products/megaraid/sata_300_8x.html

 

[Rubycon]

Check out the comparison at Tom's.

 

[jose]

I like the LSI 8 port pci-x controller and 3ware's sata controllers.

3ware has a new sata pci-e controller which is nice.. 9650se ...

Tom's review is about as indepth as my post ...

You can't go wrong w/ either choice.

Regards,
Jose

 

[SuperNaruto]

Areca is pretty popular...