Sata2 Raid0 Vs. Sata2

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Sata2 Raid0 Vs. Sata2

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Hey Guys, I have a Gigabyte x58a ud3r Mobo, and here's what I'm thinking:

Right now with my one 120GB Western Digital my boot takes about 1 minute 30 seconds from post to desktop.

I feel like this is way too long.

I'm wondering what kind of performance gain I'd get from striping this 120 with another identical drive in a stripe 0 for my OS and programs.
I would connect these two sata2 drives to the Sata3(will this yield better speed than using sata2 ports?) ports on the mobo, and use a stripe0.

I don't wanna redo all my installing but I'm really feeling like 1:30 is a long boot based on my hardware:

Mobo: Gigabyte x58a-udr3
Ram: 12GB Gskill DDR3 Tri-Channel @ 7-7-7-20 1500mhz
CPU: i7 930 @ 3.3Ghz
Grphx: 1xXFX 5770 1GB & 1x5450 1GB
Displays: 1x37" 1080p LCD / 1x22" LCD / 1x19" LCD
OS: 1x120GB WD Sata2 HDD 8MB Cache
other HDD: 1x400gb Sata2 8MB Cache / 1x500GB Sata2 16MB Cache / 1x250GB Sata2 8MB Cache



the other question I have is, if I was to get 2x30GB SSD and stripe those for my OS only(60GB in the stripe) what would be the potential bottle necks (programs loading from a much slower drive) on my system using a single 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache WD sata2 HDD for programs and back up of the os?

Thanks in advance guys!

-RiE-
System:
Lian-Li PC-A70A(blk)
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev1.0
i7 930 @3.5Ghz
18GB = (3x4GB Gskill)+(3x2GB Gskill) @ 1600Mhz 8-8-8-20-2n
2 x XFX 5770 1GB in x-Fire
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
500GB OS Drive WD 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Cooler Master 750Watt / Thermal Take 250Watt mini (5.25Bay)
37" 1080p LCD / 22" LCD / 19" LCD
Logitech G15
Sicuro 5.1 Surround Sound System
Novint Falcon w/Pistol Grip
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