I'm about to do a fresh install on desktop and I have a question about IDE vs. AHCI. Which mode should I pick in the bios? IDE, AHCI or RAID? Does AHCI have any advantages over IDE? My HDD right now ...

I just put together a new rig. My drives are NCQ and 3.0 Gb/s SATA II. Do I get a performance benefit by switching the BIOS setting from IDE to ACHI? I also hear I should install the drivers before I ...