Quote Originally Posted by adamsleath View Post
if you are just farting around with a 2x raid0 i dont think most would bother with an add on raid card.

farting around with 4-8 drives is something else.

so, a 3 disk raid0 will work ok with onboard? ie it will show some benefit over 2xraid0 onboard will it not?

also, will onboard raid0 crap out at 4 disks?
ICH8/9R are identical in terms of SATA RAID, and its by far the best software RAID solution available. still.... between 3 and 4 drives its performance degrades significantly. max performance you'll see with software RAID is going to be 3 drives. some people will say you can see gains with 4 drives but in my experience i have not. 3x raptors in RAID0 on pretty much any raid controller are gonig to fly, with an areca or 3ware you'll see large performance gains though, and with 4+ drives they will leave any software controller in the dust.