That's great news and sorry I couldn't be of help with the raid issues as I have zero experience. I would have bought a MSI lappy the last time but I wanted the optical on the other side and as luck would have I down graded from the i5 I wanted to a really cheap i3 with me upgrading it with 8gb ram and a 256 gb SSD for 99% business it rocks and I got it for $349.99 delivered.