Hard Drive setup for CS5 master collection

Dear All,
I am looking for advice on what drive configuration to use. I am currently reformatting all drives for a new cs5 install and have the following drives:
1. WD Raptor 10000rpm 150gig
2. WD Raptor 10000rpm 300gig
3. Seagate 7200 rpm - 1.5tb
4. Seagate 7200 rpm - 1.5tb
I have read various forum messages, but need some clarification on what to install on what drive
I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with 6 gig memory and i7 processor
I assume windows is best installed on either of the faster WD drives. and my  video projects on the seagate drives.
Where should cs5 program files be ?
I have raid options but dont know a lot about the best set up
Any advice most welcome, would like to try to get it right first time!
Regards
Chris Anderson

Hi Harm
many thanks for your reply. I am considering purchasing new HD's specific to build a machine just for CS5.
What would you recommend for performance. No price budget as such.
Im thinking 15000rpm.
Im thinking SATA - is this the fastest?
Do i have to consider the motherboard to support fast sata drives? - i am confused as i see you can get sata drives with a 6gig transfer speed, does this depend
on the motherboard?
Would a bigger cache ie 64mb make a good improvement?
Any advice most welcome
Thanks
Chris Anderson

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