ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0 RAID) Config with SSD's

[GodMac]

I have 2 x OCZ Agility3 120Gbb SSD's and I want to set them up as RAID0. I understand from the manual that the RAID sets are Ports 1-4 and you can also set 5/6 to RAID if going to RAID 5/10.

I have 3 other SATA devices 1 x DVD/RW and 1 x 1Tb, 1x 2Tb drives that I use one as a data drive and the second as a backup drive to image my SSD and data drive in case of failure.

My dilemma is that I want to add the second SSD and RAID0 the 2 x SSD's but I don't want to use all 4 SATA ports as this will not leave me enough SATA ports for my two HDD's and my SATA DVD/RW. So can I setup the ports 5/6 as the RAID0 with the SSD's and keep the other 1-4 ports as AHCI?

And if I can do this, once the RAID0 is configured I will re-image back to the 222Gb (as reported by Windows) drive from the image taken from my initial windows install on the 120Gb SSD. Will I need to install any drivers or will Windows recognise the setup?

 

[Steveocee]

I don't think all 4 ports need to be part of your array. You should be able to choose which are used rather than all being used.

 

[GodMac]

It does say in the manual that due to limitations in the chipset all 4 ports have to be configured as RAID if you intend to use any of them as RAID. But its the 5th and 6th port I really need to know if they can be used for the RAID boot ports and keep the ports 1-4 as AHCI?