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Tips setting up RAID

Ginge620
By Ginge620
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So i have 2 WD Black 500GB 3.5" drives, and OCZ Agilty 3 240GB SSD and a WD Red 3TB drive.

I want to set up RAID 0 with the 2 WD Black drives for use with game installations rather than them going on the SSD which is for the OS. The WD Red drive is for backups and other important data.

I haven't set up a RAID array before is there any tips that i should know before hand?

I have a Asus Crosshair IV Formula motherboard which what i will use for RAID.

Also what could i do to improve this setup. Another 3TB WD Red to combine with other one in RAID 1 maybe? What about RAID cards?

PC 1 Specs (New) :

Corsair 450D | Intel 4770K | Asus Sabertooth Z97 | 16GB Corsair Vengeance @1600Mhz | Asus STRIX GTX 970 SLI | Samsung 840 EVO 250GB | 2 WD Black 500GB RAID 0 | WD Red 3TB | Corsair AX860 | Corsair H110 | 4 Corsair 140mm LED & 1 120mm Fans

PC 2 Specs (Old) :

Corsair 650D | AMD Phenom II X6 1100T | Asus Crosshair IV Formula | 4GB Corsair XMS3 @1600Mhz | Crossfire HD6970's | Asus Essence STX | OCZ Agility 3 240GB| WD Blue 250GB | WD Green 640GB | XFX850PRO | Corsair H100i

Peripherals :

BenQ 2420T | Packard Bell Viseo 220DX | Corsair K70 | Corsair M65 | Beyerdynamic DT880 Premium | Sennheiser PC360 | Bang & Olufsen Beovox X25's
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You shouldn't need a raid card. You should be able to configure raid through your bios.

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