Bootcamp, SSD bootdrive and a 2nd Drive

I have a new iMac with a 256 Solid State drive and another 1TB drive. Obviously I boot from the SSD, where I also put all my applications, and keep all my media (photos, movies, documents, etc) on the 1TB drive.
I want to install Windows 7 for gaming and initially considered creating a 40GB partition on the SSD drive just to run the windows OS and create another partition on the 1TB drive to run all my Windows apps (probably about 250-300GB).
I've read on these forums that Windows 7/Bootcamp doesn't need to be installed on my OSX boot drive and I could essentially put the entire partition (Windows 7 + all Windows apps) on my 1 TB drive.
Naturally I'd like to have the boot speed of the SSD for Windows 7, but I feel like I might be complicating the entire process by creating a seperate Window's partition on both of my drives.
Can anybody confirm whether both of these options are in fact possible and recommend which direction I should go?
Thank you.

Windows doesn't like to see other drives with GPT than the one it is being installed on.
If you use the SSD, can unplug the 1TB or wipe it free after backup, and then restore.
So using the SSD for both, no trouble, then see if the 1TB as is you get into Windows Install, just after you select where the target partition, and see if there is an error message.
But always be ready with backups for good sake.
SSD needs room for garbage, writes so you don't keep reusing the same cells during a month.
256GB means you may get 115GB for each, maybe give Windows more than half....

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