New HDD and Mac Pro

[Chimerical]

Hi all, just need some quick question(s) answering. Is this WD Caviar Blue the best choice for a Mac Pro (2x Intel Core 2 Quad) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-198-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940 or does it not matter?

More importantly, is the Black edition worth the extra money (for editing video)?

I'm buying the HDD to be a secondary drive alongside the main 320GB that came with the computer so will formatting be particularly difficult?

I'm also buying 8GB of FBDIMM RAM before the price inflates by much more so I'm hoping to get all this bought in one go.

 

[Chimerical]

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Thanks. I'll probably buy all that stuff soon then (Black HDD, etc.)

 

[Chimerical]

Go for a crazy RAID-0 with a decent backup solution (Drobo) for max performance and security.

Alternatively, buy the RAID card and run a 4 drive RAID 0+1

Won't that cost like £1000 or something?

Incidentally, would I be better off with 8GB of the Crucial 5300C5 RAM http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-100-CR&groupid=701&catid=930&subcat=931 or the Corsair 800Mhz stuff which is much more expensive?

Does the Crucial stuff fail a lot and does the slight speed increase on the Corsair make a difference?