[P67A-GD65 (B3)] Marvell RAID Boot menu + SSD

I've looked through the manual, but I haven't seen an option to turn off the very first thing I see at boot. I think it's the Marvell RAID controller; it says no hard disk found. I guess you can press space to access some options, but I haven't tried that. I would think the option to turn something off wouldn't be there but rather in the BIOS somewhere. It seems to me this is slowing down boot a little bit. I'm more interested in having it not do what it's doing than hiding it, if those are the options.
Are there any special BIOS settings for using an SSD drive? Mine seems to be working fine, but I was wondering if there were any other options.
Thanks.

There's no option to turn it off. It's a third party RAID controller by self so you can actually ignore the message and the system will still function normally.
No special settings is needed if your SSD is working fine currently.

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P67A-GD65 (b2) stuck in boot loop after bad flash

Hello,
My mainboard is stuck, I can't open bios setup, (even tho it appears in f11 menu), and it won't boot on any device.
I removed every hard drive and DVD, and tried to boot on DOS with a usb, but it won't even boot DOS, and no usb device appears in f11 menu (I tried every usb ports)
And I can't enter bios setup (it just reboots)
Initially I was trying to update my bios because some features I wanted were not in my old version. But I think Avast blocked the update program (E7681v43.exe opened in an usb) and when I restarted the bios flash failed, and my PC entered a boot loop. When I press f11, it's a new interface so some things in the bios updated.
The only message I get when I put the E7681v43.exe and E7681IMS.430, or the files for v1j (oldest version before ivy bridge support) on a fat32 usb stick (tried formatted, and formated with Rufus), a red message appears saying "bios me updated ... file not found."
Same thing if I try the MSIHQ flash utility, it doesn't work as my PC won't boot on the usb.
I think my motherboard is bricked and the only solution is to send it to msi to get a working bios.
My motherboard p67a gd65 (b2) (the one with bad sata 2 ports) and it doesn't appear in the product name list anymore to register it on msi...
It was bought the on the 19th of January 2011, I hope I can still ask for msi for help!
I'm looking forward to your opinions on my issue, and sorry for the long text.

Quote from: Svet on 24-September-13, 17:50:38
older b2 cannot be updated to the .4xx
you have to send the mobo to be replaced with newer revision
Thanks! do you know where can I ask for a replacement?
I can't register it on msi, and when I ask a question and I give the serial number it just abords...
I already send an email to msi France (I live in Belgium). But email are too slow usually.
and what about the secondary bios, no way to repair primary bios with it?

P67A-GD65 (B3) Marvel 6gb/s sATA performance?

I was talking "elsewhere" on a forum, and the topic of the marvel chip came up. It was argued that the design / implementation of the Marvel controller on these motherboards all were the 91xx series, and they all had a pretty horrifying flaw. They share a 5gb/s bus. For something that is said to support 2 6gb/s devices, that is pretty devastating, so i had to come here, where the knowledge about all things MSI is at its highest density. I mean, if the answer is out there, then it's more likely to be here, then anywhere else.
So.
Is this issue a part of the P67A-GD65 (B3) motherboard design?
Assuming the first answer is yes, is there anything you can do to minimize the impact of it?
Thank you for your time & effort.
B!

It's actually not an issue with the mainboard design, it is a problem with the Marvell controller itself. It is an add-on feature to provide SATA III function, but it is not the best. ASMedia controller isn't really a lot better either. At least the Marvell allows RAID for those that desire it. The answer is in the Intel 'native' SATA III controllers which are quite good. A lot depends on the drives used. With spinner HDD's, SATA II or SATA III doesn't make a lot of difference in their performance anyway.
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Assuming the first answer is yes, is there anything you can do to minimize the impact of it?
Not really, other than maybe a Z87 with all the SATA ports Intel controlled SATA III.
Added: I have no experience with them, but maybe an aftermarket add-in SATA III controller card would work better.

P67A-GD65 (B3) will not boot with external USB DVD connected.

Damnedest thing... just put the build together last night and this was the biggest issue. If I connect my external Samsung USB DVD RW the system stops booting and only displays (B3) in the bottom right corner of my display. If I remove the USB plug the system boots and operates normally. If I connect it to the USB port after boot the system recognizes it and it works fine. The same issue occurs no matter which USB2/3 port I plug it into. I've banged around the BIOS and cannot see any issues in the boot sequence that would indicate an issue. Anyone else in das same boot?

Quote from: cadhopper on 24-March-11, 07:19:08
I just came to the forum for the same reason. I'm glad you had a thread already going. Mine is a Seagate 1.5T USB 2.0 hard drive and the screen reads 98 in the lower right corner. Hopefully MSI will get this fixed soon. Other than that the new system is running great.
They are working on it. They sent me a BETA BIOS to try out. The BIOS v1.10B3 was dated 3-17-2011 and it nearly bricked my system though. Here is the response I sent to them the other night after a few hours with a massive headache trying to bring my system back up:
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Tried the new BIOS. While it did indeed fix the USB DVD boot issue and let me boot into windows it created a few new issues. After flashing the new BIOS would not recognize my old overclocking profiles from the v1.8 BIOS.. "hole" error. So I manually adjusted all the settings and saved the new settings. I copied them EXACTLY from my previous settings.. I had screenshots which I had printed out as a fool-proof guide. After rebooting I could no longer get into windows. BSOD. If I tried entering the BIOS by tapping the DEL button while booting the system would freeze at the "entering setup...." screen and never progress into the actual BIOS. I unplugged the power, waited a few minutes and held the clear CMOS button on the back panel down for a few seconds. After rebooting I no longer had video output. After much trial and error I ended up having to also unplug my LCD and cycle power on it as well to get video back. But could still bot get into the BIOS by tapping the DEL key during boot. Luckily I have a laptop with all the files on it and I was able to finally re-flash back to the v1.8 BIOS from a USB drive. I'm not sure what exactly you changed.. but I don't think this new BIOS version should leave BETA status.
To their credit they promptly responded the next AM:
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There were some changes to the CPU voltage, so your overclock settings may not work properly. We are still working on a 1.A release version. It will be updated to our website soon. http://www.msi.com/product/mb/P67A-GD65--B3-.html#/?div=BIOS
I only wish they had informed me of the changes to the CPU voltage up front or included a change log so I could have made an informed decision as to whether or not I wanted to try the BETA BIOS. I was under the impression (mistakenly) that it simply addressed the USB DVD issue. I'll wait for the new release BIOS. I can live without the external USB DVD being plugged in at boot. Bricking my MOBO and having to RMA would be a far less desirable outcome. :p That said.. I'd still recommend this MOBO. It has relatively few issues and MSI support is responsive so far.

P67A-GD65 B3 won't boot?

I just bought a new P67A-GD65 from Fry's an I cannot get it to boot. I installed it with an Intel i5 2500k with stock cooler, Patriot DDR3 1333 PSD38G1333KH ram (2x4gb), Cooler Master Silent Pro 800W power supply, two Caviar Blue 320gb hard drives, and two EVGA GTX470 graphics cards.
All the equipment is brand new, with the exception of the hard drives and graphics cards, both of which were working fine in my previous system.
When I try to power on the system, the fans will spin up, the hard drives will spool, but after about a second the system will shut down, and then try to restart itself. It does this over and over indefinitely until I turn off the power supply. I have tried removing everything except one stick of ram and one VGA, but same results. I returned one mobo, thinking it must have been a defective mobo, but I have the same results with the new one. The LEDS at the top show the CPU going from phase 1 to phase 6 and then the whole system shuts down. The BIOS LED's stay blank. I have checked the CPU pins, as well as the bottom of the CPU, and both look good. The bottom of the CPU has indents where the mobo pins made contact, so I know there is no contact issue there.
I have read multiple posts about rebooting issues, but they seem to vary in cause or when the reboot occurs. Does anyone have an idea of what is going on here? I am at wits end, and about to return the whole setup and go with some non-sandy bridge setup.

You should start with bare minimum of parts to get system running OK and then start adding parts 1 at a time. If you start having problems at a certain point in the process then you know where to start solving the problem. Each of you start your own topic instead of hi-jacking someone elses as the cause of your problem may not be the same and it gets too confusing trying to solve multiple problems of several people in one topic.
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P67A-GD65 questions about RAID, Overclocking, Sleep, etc

Just got this motherboard a couple of months ago. Running Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate. BIOS 1.G0 and yes I am aware that there is a newer version. It's my first MSI board and I have a few questions.
1) I am interested in setting up RAID 0. I have 2x brand new Western Digital 7200 RPM drives that I would like to put into RAID 0 for my OS (and backup to another drive of course). Which ports should I use? The integrated Intel RAID controller or the third party (JMicron or Marvell?), which I have currently disabled in the BIOS to increase boot time. The drives are SATA 3.0 if that matters, not 6.0.
2) I have a Core i7 2600 non-K installed. Would I still be able to use the included MSI tools to overclock, even if the multiplier is fixed? Should I use OC Genie or Afterburner?
3) What are the BIOS settings that I need to tweak to be able to come out of sleep by moving the mouse or pressing a key on the keyboard? I tried enabling the "Resume by USB/PCI/e" options but it always makes it so that the computer comes back out of sleep immediately after Windows starts the go-to-sleep process.
4) I am using this is a server. Is there any BIOS/hardware level power management that I could implement since it's a machine that will likely be powered on 24/7 except for when I decide to put it to sleep?
Edit: and before anyone decides to post some link about the difference between hardware and software raid, I ALREADY KNOW. I am just wondering based on which controller I'll get better performance out of, Intel ICH10R vs Marcel SE9128. All of the forum posts I've seen online are only with regards to SSD drives and not mechanical, which will yield different benchmarks.

1) RAID preference is individual. Since you disabled 3rd party for loading time, will you want to sacrifice loading time now? Do you need to connect more drives to the system as a standalone data drive or just those needed for RAID?
2) Overclocking Q&A, please refer to Overclockers section.
3 & 4) I would use S1 and tweak settings in OS Power Management for hibernation settings. Since it is a server on 24/7, usually, just the monitor will be off and screensaver on. The rest are not needed to be powered off or put to energy saving.

P67a-gd65 (m-flash) now boot loops

Since I bought my board from day 1 I have updated the bios using m-flash all was fine and dandy... upgrading worked like a charm every single time. Well I noticed a new bios was released but this time as soon as it rebooted it started to boot loop.
I cleared CMOS and still it boot loops.
no hardware has been changed or moved, and it happened immediately after I m-flashed 1f or 1.15 as it's listed.
what can I do??? Don't tell me I have to RMA?!?!?

How do I flash back to a previous bios when it bootloops?
I was updating the bios assuming that there would be improved reliability and settings, as it seemed in the early revisions that the menus kept changing and it made the bios "act" in a more reliable fashion... I know, I know that not the reason to flash a bios especially seeing as its always a bit risky but I cant seem to help but 'update' to the latest.
I tried so far everything I have done on older computers. removed the power cable, removed the battery, switched the psu off, and waited 10+ minutes... I also repeated the process while holding the cmos for a while and no luck. I did notice that when it tries to boot the keyboard lights up (num lock and caps lock) but quickly the lights turn off and the keyboard doesnt function... a few seconds later it reboots. Total time to 'boot loop' is maybe 5-7 seconds.
I guess I learned a lesson -----> IF aint broke DONT FIX IT!

P67A GD65 new beep on boot after bios upgrade [error sound]

Hello,
I've just updated my bios (from 1.7 to 1.E) and I have now an additional beep at the start of the machine.
I was used to have 4 beeps at the same tone, then another one after a pause with a higher tone. But now i have a beep at the beggining with a lower tone, which really sounds like a problem.
I updated the bios this way :
Downloading this zip http://www.msi.com/service/download/bios-17245.html
Unzipping and copying to usb key
Entering UEFI then Setting>M-Flash>Select one file to update bios, selection of the 1.E0 file.
Do i need to do something else ?
I've also tried to use LiveUpdate5, it updates to 1.D0, but same problem.

Yes, I have the same beeps. The middle beeps should be from how many USB devices the BIOS detected connected to your computer. Again this is normal. If you want to know exactly what each beep in the sequence means, contact MSI tech support and they should be able to tell you. I have also not been able to find any documentation as to what the beeps sequence actually stand for except for the middle beeps being USB devices connected. I really would not worry too much about it if your computer is booting correctly and loading into your OS. If that is the case, there is nothing wrong.

P67A GD65, OC genie 2 button in Control Center, doesn't boot anymore

My conf. (sorry I don't speak english):
i7 2600k
MSI P67A-GD65
2x2GB Kingston Hyperblu PC-1600
SSD Vertex II 160GB
Gygabyte gtx 560TI SOC
- OC Genie 2 in motherboard pressed
- Yesterday in Windows 7 x64, I clicked the OC genie button in control center, I click on no reboot, I click again on the oc genie button (to leave it as it was), no reboot. All OK. Today PC can't boot anymore: fans on, 6 phases leds on, 6 phases GTX leds on, no USB, no video...
What I can do, or did I broke the motherboard with two mouse clicks?

do >>Clear CMOS Guide<< with power cord removed
also what psu you use?

Can I make a hardware raid with the on board Marvell SE9128 chip on p67a-gd65?

Hi,
as you all know the RAID 0/1/10/5/JBOD with the p67 chipset are pure software raids or "fake" raids. I saw some sata-raid pcie 2.0 x1 cards on the sell which have the Marvell SE9128 chip. So my question is: Can I make a hardware raid with the onboard Marvell SE9128 chip on the p67a-gd65?
Thanks
--pepe

Quote from: Stu on 06-November-11, 02:31:26
Hardware RAID explained:
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/perf/raid/conf/ctrlHardware-c.html
What do you want to say with this? I know what's the difference between a software (fake) and hardware raid? Your post doesn't answer the question. The p67-chipset has integrated software raid. The marvell se9128 is also found on some hardware raid cards. That's why I'm still wondering if it is for a hardware raid on this board or not.

Help Configuring Raid 1 & Raid 5 on the P67A-GD65 (B3) motherboard

I just purchased the P67A-GD65 (B3) motherboard for a custom system and have a few questions in regards to setting up RAID.
I have the following HDs
2x 1TB
3x 3TB
I would like to setup RAID 1 with the two 1TB drivers and RADI 5 with the three 3TB drivers. I connected the two 1TB drives to ports 7&8 so it would be using the Marvell SE9128 and the three 3TB drives to ports 1, 2,3 to use the Intel P67 (B3) PCH. The documentation says that SATA ports 1-6 support RAID 0/1/5/10 and SATA port 7-8 support RAID 0/1.
The two 1TB in RAID 1 would be my boot drives (going to run VMWARE ESXi with multiple VMs) and the three 3TB RAID 5 drives are going to be my storage.
I was under the understanding that you could use both the Intel P67 (B3) PCH and the Marvell SE9128 at the same time but it looks like I can only configure one or the other. If I have neither of the two setup I can hit CTRL + I and get to Intel or CTRL + M to get to Marvell but when I set one of them up I can’t boot into the other to setup my second RAID.
At the end of the day I bought this system to run ESXi 5.0 with multiple VMs with a shared storage area. If I can’t utilize both controllers then what’s the point of having two on the motherboard? I made sure in the BIOS settings I enabled RAID for the HDs.
If anyone has configured their systems like this please let me know how.
NOTE: As others have mentioned if you put in all your memory at one time then the system will go into a continuous reboot state. You should only put in one and then the others. Right now I have two 4GB sticks in and will add the others once I figure out is going on with the RAID.

Quote from: Jack on 29-September-11, 16:56:49
Please stop flashing the same version all over again, before something goes wrong.
It's great to have that info now... is it posted anywhere on the website?
Quote from: Jack on 29-September-11, 16:56:49
Please make sure that the memory frequency is manually set to DDR3-1333, the Command Rate to 2T and the memory voltage to 1.575V. Then retest with all modules.
I changed the frequency to DDR-1333 and Voltage but I don't know how to change the Command Rate or where it is located? Any help?
Also,
I'm still having problems getting the system to recognize the Marvell RAID config when I boot with the VMWare ESXi 5.0 CD and try to select where I want to install... When I go into the Marvell settings the system it shows that I have two dirves in RAID 1 Config:
PD 0: ST31000528AS -> PORT ID = 0; PD ID = 0; Type = SATA PD; Status = Configured; Size 953869MD; Feature Support = NCQ 3G 48Bits; Current Speed = 3G
PD 8: ST31000528AS -> PORT ID = 1; PD ID = 8; Type = SATA PD; Status = Configured; Size 953869MD; Feature Support = NCQ 3G 48Bits; Current Speed = 3G
under the HBA 0: Marvell 0 settings it says the following:
VENDOR ID: 1B4B
DEVICE ID: 91A3
REVISION ID: B1
BIOS VERSION: 1.0.0.1027
FIRMWARE VERSION: 2.1.2.1505
PCIe Speed Rate: 5.0Gbps
Configure SATA as: IDE Mode -> In the BIOS I have the settings to RAID
Not sure if it matters but here's how I have the Intel Raid setup...
RAID Volumes
ID = 0; NAME = Storage; LEVEL = RAID5(Parity); STRIP = 64KB; SIZE = 5.4TB; STATUS = Normal (it's in green); BOOTABLE = Yes
Physical Devices:
Port Device Mod Ser Size Type/Status(Vol ID)
0 Hitachi blah blah 2.7TB Member Disk (0)
1 Hitachi blah blah 2.7TB Member Disk (0)
2 Hitachi blah blah 2.7TB Member Disk (0)
Any Thoughts? I'm trying to boot from the two 1TB drivers setup in the Marvell Raid 1 Config and the Raid5 through the Intel for all my storage needs.
Thanks again for helping out.

P67A-GD65(B3) and freezes during boot, or rare reset

Hi,
I've got stupid issue. My mobo is rock solid under:
* few Windowses (7/8/XP)
* few Linuxes (Mandriva, Mageia, Ubuntu - in 32 and 64-bit revisions)
* UEFI BIOS.
But I've noticed it sometimes freezes on.. GRUB (ver 2, installed by Ubuntu) - when I press cursor keys too much, it just freezes and all I can do is hard reset. Is it something wrong with keyboard support, or something ? Keyboard is fine and doesn't cause any issues under any OS though.
I've tested memory with MemTest and all was fine. PSU is strong enough. Nothing is overheating (CPU/GPUs/bridge). System is not overclocked. Everything else works just brilliant (gaming, overclocking, testing under load). Oh, and GRUB is placed on my HDD, not SSD.
Any suggestions, please ?
P.S.
And sometimes.. it's very rare, too - but when I choose Win 7 to boot from SSD (I've got multiboot system with GRUB/Win menu) it boots... but after 5-6 seconds (before log screen) my PC makes self-reset.
BIOS: latest 1.19 (by CPU-Z)
Keyboard: Microsoft Sidewinder X6 USB (plugged to upper left USB port)
Mouse: Gigabyte M6900 USB (plugged tu upper right USB port)
Memory: 8 GB (2x4 GB) G.Skill Ripjaws 1600 MHz CL9 1.50 V
PSU: OCZ Z-Series 850 W
GFX: 2x MSI GTX 460 Hawk
CPU: i5 2300
MSX: M-Audio Delta 2496 PCI
OCZ Agility 3 60 GB + 2xSamsung 1 TB RAID-0

Do you enable xmp profile to get 1600 mhz memspeed in bios or do you run mem @ 1333 mhz? I get this with win7-64 with my 2 X 4 gb corsair vengeance lp 1600 if I run it at 1600 with the p67a-c45. I was told that since this intel chipset has a max officially rated speed of 1333 mhz you can get strange things happening if you overclock the chipset. BTW performance gain with running @ 1600 mhz is almost zero anyway.

P67A GD65 Lagging at Boot

I've been running this board for a few years now, never given me any problems except for the fact that my keyboard (a gaming one) wouldn't function properly prior to Windows loading, meaning I couldn't select an option with it during startup. Annoying, but it didn't seem to important. Eventually I discovered that later BIOS update added support for gaming keyboards and so I decided to update. I updated to version 1.19 and I also updated a number of my drivers. I then encountered a problem with my USB devices, which now appears to be resolved (in brief the computer claimed a phantom drive existed and that the device was not functioning properly) but I have now developed a problem at boot.
For as long as I have had it, when the board boots I get a screen with a blinking underscore in the top left and a two digit hexadecimal in the bottom right that changes, shortly afterwards it attempts to load from the Marvell SATA 3 ports (there's nothing plugged into them so it quickly moves on but I've often wondered if there's a way to stop it from checking in the first place) then it returns briefly to the underscore before displaying the MSI boot logo and booting Windows, all of this happening in about 5-10 seconds. Now however, it hangs at the underscore page, both times it visits, for about 30 seconds each time. The underscore doesn't blink, it's just constantly on and the number is static. This happens whether booting from cold or rebooting the system.
Does anyone know what might be causing this, or a way to fix it? Once booted the machine functions completely normally.
Specs:
MoBo: P67A GD65
Processor: i5 2500k @3.3GHz
RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengeance
GPU: nVidia GeForce GTX 560Ti
Booting Windows 7 from 120GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD
Any help that can be offered would be much appreciated.

It was this: link. It was very cheap, bought primarily because it gave me front facing USB 3.0 ports (which are plugged into the motherboard USB 3.0 at the back). Unfortunately, while the booting issue now seems to be resolved the stability issue isn't, I got the exact same BSOD five minutes ago. I'm assuming this has all started because I updated my BIOS to make it support my keyboard. Should I try reinstalling the BIOS? Or install an earlier version? What about the drivers listed on the MSI page (Intel Management Engine Driver, Intel Chipset Driver, et al.)? I updated those when I updated my BIOS, I thought correctly but I could be wrong, what's the right way for me to check them?
Currently the times when it has crashed have been when I close Firefox pages (often Youtube) and when I play Minecraft. The crashes are always sporadic and unpredictable, sometimes everything is fine, and then it suddenly goes. A part of me wonders if it has something to do with an important file being stored on my secondary data hard drive which seems to try and spin up just before it crashes, but I'm not sure how I would go about checking for that problem, if it could even be the cause.

P67A-GD65 does not boot with LSI 9240-8i HBA

Hi All,
When I installed my LSI 9240-8i I was able to boot to the ICH10 Raid as long as the Marvell Raid controller was disabled. Once I updated the LSI card to the latest version of the firmware I cant boot at all. I've cleared the CMOS, I've disabled everything in the BIOS (raid controllers, 1394, NIC, etc). All not no avail.
Thus Far I've tried:
-Booting to OS on the ICH10 RAID gets me into Windows 7 (x64): Resulted in the LSI controller showing, "This device could not start. (Code 10)" under Device Manager.
-Updating Firmware: Resulted in the mobo hanging on POST at code "92".
-Upating BIOS from 1.B to 1.C5 Beta: Resulted in mobo hanging on POST at code "92".
-When I move the card to my Dell Prescision workstation, the LSI RAID controller works like a charm!
Observations:
MSI P67A-GD65 BIOS v. 1.B
-LSI Firmware
20.10.1-0037 (APP-2.120.54-1235)   15-APR-11   - BROKEN
20.10.1-0029 (APP-2.120.24-1181)   - 04-MAR-11 - BROKEN
(Same as above, but I list it anyways)
MSI P67A-GD65 BIOS v. 1.C5
-LSI Firmware
20.10.1-0037 (APP-2.120.54-1235)   15-APR-11   - BROKEN
20.10.1-0029 (APP-2.120.24-1181)   - 04-MAR-11 - BROKEN
MSI PLEASE HELP!
I am running:
Mobo: MSI P67A-GD65 1.C5
CPU: I7 2600k
RAID: LSI 9240-8i
Thanks!

Quote from: NovJoe on 23-May-11, 10:16:19
Looks to me that it is the LSI firmware issue as the card works fine until you updated its firmware.
Do card with the card's vendor.
Hi NovJoe,
Thats just it. It looks like its an MSI BIOS compatability issue all along. Before I upgrade the firmware, the card works in my Dell Precision Workstation, but does not work on the MSI mobo; shows Device could not start (Code 10) error. After I upgrade the Firmware, the MSI mobo will not POST, but the Dell still boots up with the card perfectly.
Its definitely NOT the card. If both the 9240 and 9260 cards work perfectly in other computers then there is something wrong with the MSI mobo or BIOS.
Please help.
Thanks!

P67A-GD65 (B3) RAID Recommendations

Building a system off a P67A-GD65 (B3). Which has:
- SATA1~6 ports support RAID 0/1/5/10 mode by Intel P67 PCH
- SATA7~8 ports support RAID 0/1 mode by Marvell SE9128
I'm going for a RAID 0 of HDD's (mass storage), and a separate SDD (boot + few apps).
My question is which controller should I use for the RAID setup? Or how to draw that conclusion? Pro's/Con's of each? Performance difference (Are there any benchmarks even?)
Thanks!

Use the Intel Controller for the RAID Setup. The Marvell controller pretty much sucks (Intel usually outperforms Marvell significantly).
Also, after switching the Intel Controller to "RAID Mode" you need to configure your RAID Array via the Intel RAID BIOS (check your mainboard user manual for instructions). You can actually have RAID 0 array and a third non-RAID drive on the same controller.

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