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I recently switched to a Highpoint RocketRAID 3560 and it's excellent. The problem with cheaper RAID controllers is that even those that claim to have hardware RAID can be really processor intensive. Previously I used a RocketRAID 2320 but CPU usage (3.07ghz i7) would routinely sit 15% in Win...

I might well do that as well, if only to have a bit of a play around with it. XNview is brilliant for what I need though - it is running in the background now converting over 10,000 raw images and duplicating the folder structure. It was an excellent suggestion, thanks Hodders.

Just a quick update incase anyone ever searches for a similar solution - I've switched to a Highpoint RocketRAID 3560 and the performance is fantastic. HD Tune is reporting transfer rates in excess of 500mb/sec while there is no CPU usage at all. This has freed up the north bridge and allowed...

Thanks for the suggestions - your help is much appreciated. I'll give XNview a go as it's free and, if that doesn't work, I'll try lightroom.

I thought you might be interested to know I have sorted the problem - as I suspected in the end, the Highpoint RocketRAID 2320 was killing the performance by throttling the north bridge. I've replaced the 2320 with a RocketRAID 3560 (upgraded to 2gig of onboard RAM) and it is now flying. The...

The mistake I made was buying a cheap RAID card and I've regretted it ever since - I went for a high end spec on everything else and then got a £200 RAID card, in hindsight foolish. The entry level Highpoints, while claiming to have hardware RAID, make the CPU do a lot of the work (I have since...

I'd be terribly grateful for some advice on converting loads of CR2/raw image files to JPEG. The problem is this: a very close friend of mine died recently and he was a great photographer, as you can tell from this thread I'm nowhere near as experienced, his hard drive is full of fantastic...

I'm looking for a hardware RAID5 capable PCI-E SATA controller to replace my Highpoint RocketRAID 2320. The current spec of the system is as follows: Asus P6T7 WS Supercomputer Intel i7 950 @ 3.07 ghz 6gb of RAM 350gb Raptor – boot drive 1.5tb Seagate- network drive 8 x Seagate 1.5tb...

Well it's hardly ideal as I can't use the RAID card and the 5870 at the same time and as all my HD media is on the RAID array it renders it kind of pointless:( The RAID card, though hardware, is very processor intensive so I'm thinking of switching to a more powerful card. Sadly RAID...

I'm about 90% certain it's a conflict with the RAID card or a mobo issue when multiple PCI-E slots are in use - it's working perfectly now with the new BIOS installed and the RAID card unplugged. As for the old hardware - I just never throw anything out, much to my girlfriend's irritation. One...

Immediately before I was using an old Radeon X800 after my previous card died during the rebuild. Not really looking forward to going back to that! I suppose I could try a 295 but they're pricey and have no HDMI out.

D13, I've just tried that again - essentially the only other thing currently connected to the board is the RAID card (hardware RAID5). This time it seemed to work, clock speeds dropped right down and CPU usage at 0% when idle. Unfortunately all of my HD media is on the RAID array, so having one...

I've looked through my boxes of parts and the only motherboard I could use has another fault....so building a separate machine to test it is out of the question for the moment.

I've updated the Motherboard's bios to a realease from late September. This has seen a slight improvement in the reported figures but not performance. The clocks will drop to 600/900 every three or four seconds but immediately revert back to 850/1200. The GPU load is now at 0% but spikes to 21%...

The bios was the latest version a week or so ago but I'll check for revisions. Yes the issue was the same in XP and no RAID: 25% GPU usage on the desktop and clock speeds at max even when idle. I've disabled the ATI audio and the sound is fine now but the display and performance problems...

I've a friend who would test it but it won't fit in his case. I could knock one up from the spare parts I've got lying around but I'm half tempted to just return the card and try another one just to eliminate the worry that it's faulty.

Gurusan - I've tried a complete reformat on a spare hard drive (XP and 7). I've not tried Vista simply because I had that before 7 and the RAID setup just didn't like it. Jakus - I've just tried it without the RAID card even being plugged in a PCI-E slot (so no RAID at all) and all the problems...

The RAID is hardware but it remains very processor intensive and it's a PCI-E card. The Mobo has 7 PCI-E 2.0 x16 slots - initially I had the 5870 in slot 1 and the RAId card in slot 4 but I have since changed that to slot 2 and slot 5. I think Slots 1,3 and 5 run at x16 while 2,4 and 6 are...

There is nothing running - I've gone through every process that's running and closed all applications with no improvement. My only fear is that it could be caused by the RAID card (although all logic suggests it can't be the cause) - the RAID set up has my CPU at a continual 17% usage which...

Very little works as it should - the display functions and at the correct resolution, catalyst works and recognises the card, 3dMark runs and attempts the tests that the card should be able to perform. The card is not overheating but it is running hot. The clock speeds are continually maxed and...