MSI Big Bang II Advice...

I just put my system together (ordered MSI X79 Big Bang II motherboard  from newegg early june 2013)and everything looks good (haven't installed an OS yet)
Before I go any further, is there anything I should look out for?
What Bios do I want?
Will be using  Raid 0 for secondary drives (OS drive will be SSD)..Will It work (i've heard some stories of loosing raid drives during sleep)
Is windows 7 or 8 more stable? UEFI or  Legacy Install?
thanks for the advice,
Rich

I'm listing my components here:
CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K
RAm: G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 64GB (8 x 8GB)  DDR3 1600 F3-12800CL10Q2-64GBZL
GPU: Nvidia Gtx 780
SSD: SAMSUNG 840 Series MZ-7TD500BW 2.5" 500GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Raid:(2) TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache  SATA Drives
Power: Corsair 860i Platinum Power
Custom watercooled loop..(cpu and video card are watercooled)
Everything tested and working, looking now to set things up for long term stability.
Any recommendations  for:
Bios
Windows 7 or 8? Full Uefi install?
Will setting up the Raid for Storage be a huge PITA?
Thanks for the help,
-D

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    Quote
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    Quote from: RemusM on 02-March-13, 23:12:26
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