With the release of the WD RE3, it seems that it's not only superior in performance but much for cost effective?

Test results by BlackDragon24 at AMDMB :

Western Digital 2 x 250 GB RE3 RAID 0 ICH9R 128k stripe.


The RE3 drives are remarkable, especially when you but them up against a solution that costs 4 times as much like the velociraptors:

2 x 300 GB Velociraptors RAID 0 32K Stripe ICH9R


http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=456791

I suppose the Velociraptors are extinct and I just bought two