New Build Advice

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Hi guys, the need of a new build had make me gone and ordered a new MB, Memory and graphic card, but need some advices on cooler, SSD and HD, so any help will be very grateful..

Re-used...
Antec 1200 case
Pioneer BD rom
Enermax 1000w power supply
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card (is this card ok?)

on order...
Asus R3E
Powercolor HD5870 PCS+ (2 for cross-fire)
Corsair Dominator GT 6GB 2000Mhz

need to order....
Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB (1 or 2?)
Samsung F3 1TB SATA II or Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6GB?
I7 Gulftown (not 980X EE, will wait for cheaper version of the Gulftown, not paying over £800 for a CPU...)
Air cooler or Corsair HD50 or CoolIT Eco?

now my question is after reading on SSD, its worth using 2 for a Raid0 set up but without Trim (after reading some post, it seem that the SSD will not last as long without Trim, is that right?) or should i just go for 1 SSD? do you guys all have window and games on SSD and other not so important files on HD? is that the best way to setup? as for HD should i go for the Sumsung or try the Caviar Black? as it will mainly be storing my videos and photos.
for the cpu cooler i was going to get the Corsair H50 as i dont want a massive air cooler, does the H50 perform good enough for 4Ghz OC? sorry for so many questions guys, hope someone here can help me out, Thank in advance...

Regards
Tony
 
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Why did you buy Dominator ram? and i would get the one SSD (Intel X25-m) and a Samsung f3 1tb for photos etc

I would go for the Corsair H50....
 
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