I’m getting ready to do my first build this weekend, and had some questions on the Asus p9x79pro motherboard’s raid controllers.  They are:

What is the difference between the Marvell controller and the intel software controller?

Why would I use one over the other?

Do the Marvell raid controllers need to be pre-installed using the F6 method, same as the intel raid controllers?

Here is my planned drive arrangement, feedback appreciated.

(1) Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)  - OS (win7 64 bit), pagefile, & programs,  6gb sata on SSD caching port

(2) Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - RAID 0 Media and projects, 6b sata port

(1) Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - media cache & renders

(1) WB Black 32mb cache 3.0 Sata - Exports and non video file storage

Asus BD burner on 3gb port

  Thanks