16 mb cache hds worth striping?

i have 2 sata wd 16 mb cache 250 gigs, one running os other running proggies n apps. i have 8 mb cache seagate 80 gig ide for storage. raid the satas or no? and if so how?

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RAID will give a performance boost for some apps, in others you won't notice the difference. RAID = good for large sequential file transfers, bad for smaller ones, generally. Boot time, games loading large maps and network file transfers (over gbit connection) are some of the fields that will profit from RAID.

For RAID you need two identical harddrives and a compatible controller with drivers. Check your motherboard for a controller, or buy a loose PCI(-E) one.