Will this RAID 1 / Hard Drive / Motherboard Combo work?

I'm doing my first build and I hope I've researched this well enough, but I'll ask to make sure anyway.

My motherboard is going to be the Chaintech Zenith 9CJS.
The product link is at: http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/product_spec.asp?MPSNo=13&PISNo=144

It says:
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On-board SATA RAID Controller

Build-in ICH5R supports 2 Serial ATA devices for the highest data
transfer rates (1.5Gbps burst) with RAID 0 solution
standard for high speed data transfer
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I wanted a Raid 1 configuration, so I guess I have to buy a controller card. I'm thinking of two 160GB SATA drives, and want the ability to add 2 more (a mirrored pair) if that becomes inadequate, so is this card good:?
FastTrak TX4000 listed at:
http://www.promise.com/product/product_list_eng.asp?familyId=2

Really, I have no idea what I'm looking for in a controller card. Is there a better, or faster, or more reliable card that suits my needs better?

I'm thinking of either a pair of the Barrucuda 7200.7 SATA 160GB (Serial, ATA/150, 7200 RPM) ST3160023AS or DiamondMax Plus9 - 160GB (SATA, Ultra ATA/133, 7200 RPM) 6Y160M0. They look like the same specs and same price basically. Anybody have a particular preference?

Will all of the above work well in my computer?

Promise definatly makes good RAID controllers, and the one you picked out is a nice model BUT it is an ATA raid controller and you want a SATA controller card.

If you want to stick with promise some of the models that support SATA are:

S150 TX2+ (supports 2 drives in 0, 1, or 0+1). Oddly enough I think promise is also putting ATA connectors on these as well

Then there i the S150 TX4+. Supports 4 drives in 0, 1 or 0+1

There is also the S150 SX4 which offers more raid modes like 10, 5 and also it has JBOD.

I like my promise controller, it works great. Another company that also has quality raid controllers is highpoint.

Good luck with the new rig

Highpoint makes good cards that are usually cheaper than Promise's, so I'd look to them first. The RocketRAID 1540, I believe the model is, is a 4-channel RAID 0/1/0+1 controller that should fit your needs.

About the drives, Seagate has had a nasty habit of tweaking the firmware of their IDE drives so they don't behave well at all in RAID configs. I don't know whether or not this extends to the 7200.7 or not, and I certainly wouldn't rule it out just because the drives are SATA. Id recommend either the Maxtors or some WD SE's, which perform slightly better.