Allright, I think I have my new build hardware finallized, except the drives. It's a dual use home system and for FSX so I would like to setup at least a raid 1 (mirror) for redundancy. Is it possible to have a raid 1 setup (2 drives) for the operating system and program files and just install FSX on a 3rd single non-array velociraptor drive or similar for better speed? Or, would an all in one raid 1+0 with 4 drives work better? Thanks everyone for all of the advice recently!-- edit, I'm not worried if I the FSX drive should fail, because I can just re-install if needed.David

Putting the OS on RAID is fine but leave FSX on it's own drive UNLESS you are using a dedicated hardware RAID controller ( about $300 SD). Using tyhe software RAID that comes with the mobo will actually affect FSX operation negatively. The software RAID is fine for the OS.Vic

Guys, This is my quesiton as well. I only have left to set-up drives for FSX. I got 2 WD-Raptor, 10,000 RPMSo, having FSX in mind, what are my next steps ( I am not savy at building computers)..Please guide me step by step.---- Do I connect the Serail ATA connectors ot the drives and mother-board, boot the computer, and then install Windows 7 on each drive? Or what are the excat steps, please?Thanks,John

Guys, This is my quesiton as well. I only have left to set-up drives for FSX. I got 2 WD-Raptor, 10,000 RPMSo, having FSX in mind, what are my next steps ( I am not savy at building computers)..Please guide me step by step.---- Do I connect the Serail ATA connectors ot the drives and mother-board, boot the computer, and then install Windows 7 on each drive? Or what are the excat steps, please?Thanks,John

Are you wanting to setup both drives as a raid for FSX only, or the entire system?In general to set up RAID, you will need to enable it in the BIOS and select the type (e.g. raid 0 or 1, etc.). Then configure/format it and then continue with installing Windows on the RAID partition -- not each drive as it contains both drives.

Are you wanting to setup both drives as a raid for FSX only, or the entire system?In general to set up RAID, you will need to enable it in the BIOS and select the type (e.g. raid 0 or 1, etc.). Then configure/format it and then continue with installing Windows on the RAID partition -- not each drive as it contains both drives.

Hi Dave, well I'm confused about this step. I've kept reading that 2 hard drives are better than one...so I got 2...I have no idea how ot set-it up...Should I set it as Raid 0, or not..should it be for the whiole computer or just for FSX..Which is best...Someonse said not to place FSX under Progranm Files...So where do I install it then ?