Raid card vs mobo

Hey im looking into a raid array on my pc. Would a cheap raid card from syba $20-$30 be better than my amd mobos raid array? My mobo offers the array that I want.

I have a syba card and they are cheap POS. So, don't waste your money, (unless you want to buy mine :D ) If you want a REAL raid card you're going to have to spend hundreds of dollars, so I would settle for your onboard raid. I honestly think it's a tad overrated, but if you have two drives then why not? It's a free 0.0001 seconds less boot time.d-rtyboy

]Not if i get 2 or 3 10000 rpm drives :pGGameBoy

[QUOTE="GGameBoy"]]Not if i get 2 or 3 10000 rpm drives :pRayvinAzn

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531 Read and be educated. RAID 10kRPM drives are still abhorrently slow compared to a single SSD with a quality low-latency controller. Sure you don't get a lot of space, but you could pick up a 60 or 120GB OCZ Vertex drive and a 640GB+ 7200RPM drive that would easily outperform a pair of 10kRPM drives. And be much quieter and cooler to boot.RayvinAzn

Ok, thanks for all the quick good responses! I will look into SSDs and prob get on in april. :)

[QUOTE="d-rtyboy"]I have a syba card and they are cheap POS. So, don't waste your money, (unless you want to buy mine :D ) If you want a REAL raid card you're going to have to spend hundreds of dollars, so I would settle for your onboard raid. I honestly think it's a tad overrated, but if you have two drives then why not? It's a free 0.0001 seconds less boot time.GGameBoy