Best Cluster Size for RAID 0

Hi all,
When I get my replacement SATA HDD back I will be creating another RAID 0 array. My Windows XP cluster size is 4K, but I have a choice when I am creating my RAID array. All hardware in Sig.
The system is being used mainly as a gaming machine, but I will be doing other things to with it also. Looking for the best balance (slightly in favour of the gaming, ).
I heard that the cluster size if the drive should match the cluster size of the RAID array. So if my drive cluster is 4K then i should set my RAID cluster size to 4K or should I set them higher.
any information is more than welcome,
Andrew
P.S. I did do a search through the forums, but could not find much recent information.

The "EASIEST" way to change your cluster size is to have a 3rd drive with Win XP on it....here is what you need to do.
1. Have 3rd drive with Win XP
2. Go to bios and change boot order to 3rd drive b4 Raid
3. Once in wondows goto "Disk Management" (as soon as you click on it you will have a window pop up and ask you to select drive and it will also want to know if you want to convert drive to a dynamic disk...I always choose no)
4. You will see your raid drives as 1 BIG drive..now all you do is right click on the drive and click partion...primary partition...set size...now is where you can choose cluster size...you will have 3 boxes to check off...
5. NTFS or FAT32...Volume Label....Cluster Size......
6. After you check all of that off then you click off quick format and Voila...you have done it now do same on rest of drives....
7. once you have setup all your partitons and selected cluster sizes...shutdown PC unplug 3rd drive...change boot order so CD rom will be a bootable device b4 raid device and you are good to go on a clean install....remember once you get into the window when setting up XP you have choices to format drives again and choose where XP get sinstalled ...choose to leave as is...no need to format again cuz it will default to 4k cluster again.....
let me know how this goes for ....I have been doing this trick now for a LONG time and I know for a fact that this is a fast and easy way...without using any 3rd party software.....
my advice to you is try 16/16 then 32/32

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