Opinion of Areca ARC-1110 RAID Controller?

I'm planning on adding a RAID set to my computer. I'm looking for a good RAID card in the $200-300ish range. What is the opinion of this card? I've been reading that Areca is an excellent product, but I wasn't sure if there were any strong opinions or fineprint about this card.
Using an Asus Sabertooth X58 motherboard
Also, did I hear something about installing a card like this will hurt my graphics card performance, or was that my imagination? GPU is Nvidia Quadro 4000
Thanks,
Bryan

Bryan,
Like Harm stated, that particular Areca card is an old, outdated design. Unfortunately, most RAID cards under $500 do not improve editing performance sufficiently over an onboard software RAID to justify even their seemingly low cost. In other words, you will need to spend well over $1,000 (for the card by itself), plus the cost of any additional drives, in order to get a card that actually improves performance and reliability noticeably over onboard software RAID or an onboard aid0.
And the ARC-1110 that you're considering will not fit into any of the PCI-e slots at all. That's because that card is a PCI-x card which is not compatible at all with PCI-e but is compatible with legacy PCI slots. That means that on your particular Sabertooth X58 mobo, the only slot that you can use that card in is a legacy PCI slot, which is limited in maximum theoretical bandwidth to 133 MB/s. Unfortunately, modern hard drives (even single ones) can (and do) exceed that already, making the entire PCI-Legacy bus a bottleneck for any single modern hard drive. And forget about using the ARC-1110's RAID feature since it will still be limited by the PCI-Legacy bus (whiose maximum practical bandwidth is limited to only about 125 MB/s even with no other legacy PCI cards installed).
In other words, you are trying to buy the wrong RAID card for your particular system. You were trying to believe that PCI-x is the same as PCI-e when they are both totally different interfaces.

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GeForce GTX 580 Amp! from Zotac
AX850 PSU from Corsair
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Ports
8 or more
Card
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SFF-8087/8088
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We sell and use these now:
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Hi Everyone,
First time posting but sure enjoy reading.
Is this Areca Raid card a waste of money for my editing rig that i just built.
Areca ARC-1223-8I-MS PCI-Express 2.0 x8 Low Profile SATA / SAS RAID Controller Card
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816151130
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Intel I7 3930K
64Gb Corsair Vengence Ram
Asus GTX 680
Asus Rampage IV Extreme
1050 Corsair Power Supply
Corsair H110 Water Cooler.

Thank you Harm and Jim,
For saving me some money but at the same time costing me more.
One more question can I or should I install the Areca ARC-1882ix-12 on a fresh Windows 7 pro install or can I install the card after Windows is installed?
Here are some pics of the rig that I have decided to call Little HARM, because without a doubt it was inspired by Mr. Harm Millard and his vast knowledge of NLE systems.
Thanks again!

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source: http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-701284.pdf
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My Areca ARC-1880ix came with 1GB of onboard memory. I am able to upgrade it to 4GB of memory. But I am only upgrading it to 2GB of memory, swapping out the 1GB stick for the 2GB memory.
I want to double check to make sure the new memory is "compatible". One of the reasons I'm checking is, while it appears that the stick will indeed fit in the board, the stick is not as "tall" as the original memory stick.
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UNIGEN
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1116-ME75TDM80018CUEKRS
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Kingston
9905429 - 028.AOOLF
KTD-DM8400A/2G
1.8V
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ACZC9C
Product Features and Technical Details
Product Features
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Replaces Dell A0515351, fits dimension 4700c, e520, xps gen 5, optiplex 210l,740,745,gx280,gx520,gx620, gx745, sx280,
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Precision workstation 380,390, xps 600,700, and 710
Technical Details
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Item Package Quantity: 1
Hardware Platform: PC
RAM Memory Technology: DRAM, DDR2 SDRAM
Form Factor: DIMM 240-pin
Memory Storage Capacity: 2 GB
Memory Speed: 533 MHz
Memory Specification Compliance: PC2-4200
Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty
OEM Equivalent Part Number: DELL A0515351

Rowby,
Do NOT order the 2GB stick from the link you provide above for a ARC-1880 series controller card. The only one that they show on that link that would be compatible is the $249 4GB 800MHz stick. If you click on the "details" button by each you can view what cards each RAM stick is compatible with.
If I were you, I would just stick with the 1GB RAM. And, if that is not fast enough for your needs, buying more hard drives would probably help your system's performance more than the cache upgrade.
Jim

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I am running Win 7 64bit, 64GB RAM,
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POWER Corsair Gold 1200W
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The system was running very stabile without any problems during months . Areca Monitor history did not show any issues.
Since 2 weeks i got ARECA HW-Monitor (history) messages als following:
Ctr low Voltage V-1,92...restart with battery pac module.
Since the problem appears, no hardware components werde installed.
What does this message mean, where could the bottlenec be, how can i solve the problem.
Is Areca ARC 1680i "in danger", do i have to grade up and change?
Pls explain easily, i am not hardware-experianced.
thanks for help,
klfi, Austria

Thanks Harm and Jim,
my comments:
1. CPU Temp ?, Noctua -14 is full running. Without stress CPU ASUS TurboEV sais temp is now 39 (3,9 GH), Motherboard 35, CPU-Fan 1218rmp, same time without stress Areca sais CPU temp 82
2. When i start, windows7 opens normal. In Start up menu (counting up 20/300) i can see Areca 2 raid-config and 2 pass thrugh config, which seems to be ok.
3. Windows 7 opens. After opening a programm or search in Explorer, everything stops and hang up....or i can open Explorer, choose a areca drive or another... and then explorer hang up...only reboot helps.
4. When PC ist shut down and i open the case i can hear a sound like clock-ticks every 3 seconds, seeems to come from installed battery pack module.
5 firmware 1,49, 1.51 is not installed ... i am too afraid now --))
Following Jims suggestion, can i remove battery pack module without more problems- as the first search-step.
or any othersuggestions ?
Thanks
Klaus, Austria

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i dont see the card in bootup, already installed bios 7.7
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can you see the card in windows if you boot off the on-board controller?
I know Intel boards are picky with RAID controller cards. If the Intel RAID is enabled then a lot of add-on cards won't work. Also, even with Intel RAID disabled some still won't work. I had to flash my SiI 3132 RAID card to non-RAID for it to work as a boot device.
I've had my system not even post at all when both RAIDS are enabled. But if I get a post and it boots from the Intel side, it always sees the add-on RAID card.
Also, do you have the latest BIOS? Hopefully that will fix the issue.
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-=Mark=-

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