Setting up RAID0

[[TW]Fox]

Hey guys

For years now I've always fancied playing with RAID for the extra performance and because hey - we are geeks, and playing with stuff like this is fun, right?

So thats it - I now have 2 WD Caviar Black 750Gb drives (Second one has just turned up as a gift from somebody who knew I'd always been tempted yet never been able to justify it) and I intend to set up a 1.5Tb RAID0 array on my Abit IP35 Pro.

Whats the best way of going about this, and what sort of performance gains am I likely to notice?

Thanks!

 

[[TW]Fox]

Wow, suprised nobody here has done this?

 

[[TW]Fox]

I'm happy with the fact I'll need to format both drives. One is new anyway

I'm hoping it'll speed up unzipping 1gbish zip files and loading large maps in multiplayer games. Even if it doesnt its a fun experiment anyway.

Presumably Windows will see it as 1 1.5Tb drive which I can partition as I see fit?