[wtallis]

> "and AHCI gives a slight performance decrease from their default RAID configuration."

Is that actually true, or is it really that using Microsoft's AHCI driver instead of Intel's driver hurts performance? Last time I checked, Intel's driver could be used even when the controller is in AHCI mode.

[qb45]

I've seen speculation that it's about forcing Intel's custom driver which supports some nonstandard power management features.

https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/44694.html

Apparently, there isn't much difference between AHCI and RAID modes in the hardware itself.