good hd setup

[sillen]

I'm getting my new computer set up this week.. have everything ordered and on its way except for the harddrives..
I will have a Gigabyte 8KNXP mb with a P4 2.8/800 Ghz cpu and 1 gb dual ddr.

The board just came and with it 2 manuals wich I havent read, yet 😛 .. SATA Raid is one and another one named GigaRaid..

My question is, what is a good setup for harddrives.. I was thinking something like this;

- 1 hd with systemfiles and basic programs.. windows xp, utilities etc..

- A raid0 drive wich have swapfiles for programs and windows, also games will be installed here.

- 1 bigger slower storage drive for ISOs and movies and stuff.

Does this look ok? And with this motherboard.. should I go with the SATA Raid or GigaRaid ? What's the diffrence? When doing a raid0, is there a limit on the nuber of hds you connect to the raid?

Thanks

 

[Scitex]

Not sure what programs you'll be running that have thier own swap file, but Photoshop will give you a warning not to run it's swap on the same partition with the Windows swap file. You could use a WD Raptor as your Windows and apps drive (including Win swap) since with a gig of RAM your swap will not see much use anyways......