Getting RAID to work on the ASUS Maximus SE

[Talonman]

I would say just keep it simple, less headache in the long run for a little bit of performance gain.

I have been running my 2x 74GB Raptors in Raid 0 for a long time with np. I ran the same tests that you guys have just posted and mine is pretty spot on for your results. The only problem I have with mine is it is a very dirty system that has been up and running for 8 months or so, a good clean up or reinstall would clean up the spikes.

I am unclear as to what services I would need to disable to get things faster, nor do I really want to get into all that for a small performance gain.

I have also noticed with my SSD Raid that I get different readings from each program, with Everest being what I believe to be the closest to what it should be. There also seems to be a performance hit when running Vista over XP, at least from the graph DVnation sent me on XP vs my system and Vista. I also seemed to see a bit of difference from Vista 32 vs 64, that could be my Raid card tho.

In the end I think it is hard to bench a Raid that has a system running on it, because the OS is always trying to do things while you are benching.

I will be installing another 4x Raptor's to make another Raid 0 for my ARC-1231, just to fill out all Raid slots but it will be awhile for that. I want to get the system cooled and OC'd before I do much more. I might change out Motherboards also when the DreadNaught comes out, gezz who knows Ha !

Good to hear your opinion Buckeye, I am locking into my current config. I favor simple.

I just feel better understanding that I probably am never even dipping down below 140MB/sec, even though my average transfer rate was 132.5 MB/sec on the benchmark. The un-used slower half of the array lowers your score.
I also have a respectable burst rate of 1,861.0 MB/sec.

I love RAID!