Re: Would upgrade from MB SATA to 3ware RAID card be of benefit?

In article <48d2f45c$1$22232$8f2e0ebb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Squeeze <rubberduck@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Spammay Blockay wrote in news:48d2ce36$0$33547$742ec2ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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This is the one I'm thinking of:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816116042

Uhuh. And what chipset is that card using?
Oh look, it's a "cheap Marvell" chipset.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.aspx?Image=16-116-042-05.jpg

Oh, is THAT what that big "M" stands for? :-)

I didn't recognize the logo - but I kept reading tons of people's
complaints about Marvell chipsets, so I associated the name with
"not particularly good".

Examining the photos for the top-end SATA RAID cards for 3ware and HighPoint, I
see they all are using Marvell controllers as well.

And it only costs $329.99 more.

Soch a deal.

So, do you happen to know if Marvell actually makes great chipsets, as well as
some so-so ones, and the reputation I'd heard of came only from lower-end
ones used on motherboards?

That is... what controller chipsets do you know of that are considered some of
the very best, if such a thing exists?

After a bit of research, it appears that Intel's own controllers seem to get
good reviews.

Google is my friend, but perhaps someone here has some suggestions?

- Tim

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