Planning on doing a clean install of Windows 7 on my desktop and would like to just buy two 1 TB drives and set up in Raid 1.
Looking on Newegg the only Raid Controllers that list Windows 7 as supported are the Highpoint 2600 value series, which has a pretty short compatibility list(http://www.highpoint-tech.com/PDF/Non-IOP%20Compatibility_List.pdf) and doesn't include my current motherboard (MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard).
The Newegg comments indicated that Highpoint support won't do *** for you if you're using anything that doesn't include their supported devices.
So what are my best options? This is my first time attempting to configure RAID of any kind and I'm looking to spend less than $100 on the controller and less than $100 per HD.
I know Windows 7 does Software Raid, I've got a Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz processor, what would the performance hit be?
While most of the Raid controllers on Newegg don't list Windows 7 compatibility, maybe that just doesn't matter?
Is there any way to set up Raid at a later time (as in install Win7 on one of the 1TB drives and then later buy a controller and attach another TB drive)?
Looking on Newegg the only Raid Controllers that list Windows 7 as supported are the Highpoint 2600 value series, which has a pretty short compatibility list(http://www.highpoint-tech.com/PDF/Non-IOP%20Compatibility_List.pdf) and doesn't include my current motherboard (MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard).
The Newegg comments indicated that Highpoint support won't do *** for you if you're using anything that doesn't include their supported devices.
So what are my best options? This is my first time attempting to configure RAID of any kind and I'm looking to spend less than $100 on the controller and less than $100 per HD.
I know Windows 7 does Software Raid, I've got a Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz processor, what would the performance hit be?
While most of the Raid controllers on Newegg don't list Windows 7 compatibility, maybe that just doesn't matter?
Is there any way to set up Raid at a later time (as in install Win7 on one of the 1TB drives and then later buy a controller and attach another TB drive)?