RAID 0 Set-up

[RudeBoy1971]

Hi all,
Newbie here with a few questions I could not find answers to shifting through threads

Lucky enough to have purchased the i7 920 overclock bundle with the Gig ex-58 board. I have built the system but am awaiting on 2xSamsung F3 1TB HDs which I will configure on RAID0.

1) what is short stroking and should I be thinking about partitioning?
2) What file format should I be using - will the EX-58 automatically format to FAT32 when I use the RAID configuration within the BIOS?
3) I have purchase a coolmaster 922 for cooling reasons, and have stuck a 850w 'be quiet' PSU in to keep noise down. I powered the rig up a day ago (without HDs) to check that everything was running in toleranc - i.e. no flashing LEDs - all was well. However. I did notice that the case/CPU fans were low noise, the ATI HD4890 fans were running at full speed and chucking out a load of noise - I hope this is not the normal state of affairs. Once I install the drivers should this be managed/controlled by them and run at a more stead pace i.e. low noise?!

I look forward to your response

Graham

 

[Franksi]

"Short Stroking" aims to minimize performance-eating head repositioning delays by reducing the number of tracks used per hard drive.[1] The basic idea is that you make one partition approx. 20-5% of the total size of the drive. This partition is expected to: occupy the outer tracks of the hard drive, more than double the throughput, more than half the access time. If you limit capacity with short stroking, the minimum throughput stays much closer to the maximum. (From wiki)