New computer core I7 950

Hi!
I am just going to config. a new computer for editing HD and AVCHD videos. I bought a new videocamera, a Canon Legria HF 200 recently, and it`s not possible to edit HD and AVCHD on my old computers. I am planning to run Win.7 64 bit and Prem.El.8+Photoshop El.8. Is there anyone that can tell me if this is a good config. for my purpose? I also have some qustions
about setting up my 4 Samsung Spinpoints. I have tried to read as much as possible but my english is not so good and I am just an computeramateur so there are som things I don`t understand. Sometimes people says "editing" and sometimes they say "rendering", is this the same? Then I don`t know if I should use Raid or singel disks. If Raid, Raid 0 on 2 disks or Raid 5 on all 4 disks,(not the ssd). For safe I will have an ext.disk for backup. Is this a good setup?
1 SSD:OS and programs.
1 Spinp.:Pagefile, scratch and rendering,(editing?).
1 Spinp.:Media.
1 Spinp.:Projects.
1 Spinp.: Final results.
   1 CPU:Intel Core i7 950 3,06GHz
   2 Mem:OCZ Gold Triple Channel 6GB Kit 3x2GB DD =12 GB
   1 MOBO: ASUS P6T SE -ATX LGA
   1 Desktop:Logitech Pro 2400 Cordless Desktop
   1 BenQ M2200HD 22" LCD
   4 HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB SATA 3.0 G for ?
   1 DVD combo:Samsung SH-S223B/BEBE DVDRW 22X Black
   1 Ext. HDD:Western Digital MyBook Essential 1TB USB for backup
   1 Power:Zalman ZM850-HP, 850W ATX
   1 HDD:OCZ Agility 60GB 2.5" SSD SATA II (for OS and progr).
   1 Graf. Sapphire Radeon HD5850 1GB GDDR5
   1 Chassi Cooler Master HAF 932 ATX
   1 CPU cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus ( for future OC)
   Hope you understand my English.
   From Åland Islands

I gave you my opinion on Raid 0 in my above post.
Regarding Raid 5, it is really a matter of personal preference. If you are good at doing regular backups of data, and at least one timely backup of a complete Drive Image, then Raid 5 might not be your cup of tea.
Here is some additional technical details on a Raid 5 configuration from Intel Tech Support:
(One key statement below is that Raid 5 performs better with small I/O files, (versus the large data files associated with video). ~~ And you'll need to tie up a minimum of 3 hard drives to accomplish this sense of data recovery and availability)...
RAID 5 (STRIPING WITH PARITY)
RAID level 5 combines three or more hard drives so that all data is divided into manageable blocks called strips. RAID 5 uses parity, which is a mathematical method for recreating lost data to a single drive, which increases fault tolerance. The data and parity are striped across the array members in a rotating sequence. Because of the parity striping, it is possible to rebuild the data after replacing a failed hard drive with a new drive. The extra work of calculating the missing data will degrade the write performance to the volumes while data is being rebuilt. RAID 5 performs better for smaller I/O functions than larger sequential files.
Advantages: Full data redundancy; efficient; fault-tolerant and increased storage array performance.
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Applications: Good choice for file and application servers; Internet and Intranet servers.

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