HDD setup proposal, help please!

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Ok, here's what i'm planning:

4 HDDs, nothing in any RAID formation.

HDD1: 160GB Seagate 7200.10 - for OS and ALL Applications; Maya, CS3, Vid Editing and Games

HDD2: 320GB Seagate 7200.10 - Slave drive for apps when working, so this will be my maya scenes, DV source files, photoshop projects etc

HDD3: 500GB Seagate 7200.10 - For all files, movies, music, files and more files.

HDD4: 500GB Seagate 7200.10 - Overflow for files/music/movies and sort of a backup drive for important files

External Drive: 500GB - for backup.

My question is, does this look ok for my needs - i'm on a sort of budget though i'm happy to spend on quality drives/bigger drives if needed.

Would i benefit from raptors for the OS/Slave? I have heard about the noise, and noisey computers bug me.

I think a 320GB drive would be enough for the slave, but the price difference isn't much (but enough tbh) upto 500GB, though how often will i use 500GB of space on a project!?

Is the Seagate drive a 'good' one - i know theres no such thing as a 'bad' one really, but i've never used seagates. Samsungs are well reviewed, but i'm confused by the spinpoint T and the spinpoint S models
 
cheers for the virtual memory thing. interesting. I will remember that.

I already have the external drive from a couple of years ago so thats i'm not getting another, i wonder about 2x250GB in RAID 1 for the slave. It shows up as one 500GB drive, but only holds 250GB is that right? I still don't really under stand RAID, i do know though that RAID 0 is not a good idea for crucial data.
 
i'll leave RAID i think.

I think i'll go for the 320GB as my slave.

Anybody know the difference between the samsung spinpoint S and T models?? :S
 
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