RAID-5 - is it worth it?

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another "in search of advice..."

I am building a mid/high end gaming system and was thinking about using RAID-5, partly to increase reliability but I was hoping for an increase in performance over just one or two big disks.
The system will be something like:
Foxconn Mobo P9657AA-8EKRS2H (Pc-Pro A-list)
Corsair Memory TWIN2X1024A-6400 2x512MB 240-Pin DIMM XMS2-6400 (?)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 or E6400
...not yet decided on graphics card.

I have used both RAID-0, which was great until a drive crashed, and now use RAID-1. Should I go to 5 on this new system?
 
Thanks for all the thoughts; I was thinking about motherboard RAID, though I think I may have been missled about the Foxconn mobo I mentioned - I don't think it has RAID-5. If anyone has had good experience using motherboard-based RAID-5, I would love to hear.
 
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