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How to setup Raid 0 with 2 OCZ Vertex 4 - 256gb SSD drives

Crobar
Level 7
Can someone give me instructions on "how to" set them up in raid 0 with my hardware and Window 8 Pro 64bit.
Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z
AMD FX-8350 (OC to 4.5 currently)
Radeon 7970 with 3gb RAM (OC some)
32gb Patriot Viper 2133 RAM
Corsair Obsidian 650D Case
Corsair Hydro Series H100i liquid cooling
Raidmax RX-1200AE Power Supply 80Plus Gold
2 - OCZ Vertex 4, 256gb SSD Drives
1 - WD 1tb 7200 rpm HDD
2 - HP DVD
1 - LG Blu-Ray
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jmoorez2001
Level 10
i can help i have the same mobo as u but with dual 256 gb ssd's in raid 0 first thing first to do is to go into the settings for the sata drive area and set sata's 1-4 to raid sata 5-6 as ide since u have the 1 tb hdd for slave then reboot pc
then wait till the raid promps for it then hit ctrl+f at the same time then u click 2 to enter the area to set the raid then u hit ctrl+c to define the raid then u movoe corsor to the drives by the means of the up n down arrow keys . then u hit the space bar to change them to y < they will show up normal as maked N then u will hit ctrl+y to save and follow promts the u will back out of the raid set up area then go back into the bios again and set the raid as second boot then ur dvd drive as first then put in ur wondows disk at this time .then reboot pc u will need the raid drivers from asus website onto a usb drive for wich ever os u will be useing ether x32 or x64 then once itsshows with to install windows u have to use the usb drive where the raid drivers are on to beable to get the OS to see the raid ssd's then contunue to install the OS and there ur finshed sorry for being no spaces or anyhtiung as all in one big since lol hut if u need help im on yh i can help u better that way

jmoorez2001
Level 10
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?10805-RAID-%96-What-is-RAID-And-Setup-Guide-For-First-Timer... this is a in dept explane of how to do it but useing a intell but ur mobo will be the same