I am rebuilding my system with some up to date parts and would be interested in knowing if I should set up a RAID system or not. I have ordered a ASUS P5B Deluxe, 2GB OCZ 800 MHZ (two sticks), Intel E6600, 2x Seagate 320 GB 16mb cache SATA 2, and a cheap video card to tide me over until DX10 cards are more readily available (EVGA 7600 GT KO). I will be installing this in combination with some of the equipment that I have already, in particular the 160GB WD HD. The plan is to use the two seagate drives in RAID if it is beneficial and then keep all important files backed up on the 160 gb drive. What do you guys think and if you have any other good ideas I would be interested in hearing those as well.Thanks,TonyP IV 3.0 HT1 GB@400MHzWD 160 GB HD WD 60 GB HDATI X850ProSaitek X45

Your plan to backup your RAID 0 array to an existing hard drive sounds good to me. I also think the rest of your proposed system spec will serve you well now and for FSX DX10 when it appears and you upgrade your video card around the same time.Gary