Plan for editing rig to learn Premiere Pro, AE & Photoshop

I am building an video editing rig to learn Premiere, After Effects and Photoshop with a view to producing web based corporate videos and some project ideas I’ve had percolating. Original video will be shot DSLR & GoPro. ‘Back in the day’ (think 1” & Betacam SP tape…), I produced broadcast quality corporates, TVCs and TV programs, but that was before raising kids and a spouses’ career took precedence. Money is tight (divorce & still raising 5 kids), so I plan to build up my editing rig in stages. I’ve built a few low to medium spec gaming rigs, so initially to learn the software, I’ll upgrade one of the gaming rigs to minimum editing spec (Version 1), then upgrade a bit further to a Version 2 rig, and if things pan out as planned (and I can start earning a more little income), I can then justify the investment in a proper workstation based around a 3930K CPU or whatever its equivalent is then.
Existing mid spec gaming rig:
CPU - 2500K
Mobo – ASRock Z77 Extreme 4
RAM – 2 x 4GB 1600Mhz
GPU – HD7850
C: SSD – SanDisk Extreme 120GB - OS & Programs
D: HDD 1 – 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 - HD103UJ 7200rpm - Users
E: HDD 2 – 2TB Seagate Barracuda - ST2000DM003 7200rpm - Media
PSU – HX650W Corsair
Mid Tower Case with front USB 3.0
OS Win7HP
Version 1 Editing Rig basically takes the Gaming Rig, replaces the HD7850 with a GTX 660 to take advantage of CUDA, as OpenCL does not yet seem to offer as much performance advantage as CUDA. I’ll also upgrade the RAM from 2 x 4GB to a 2 x 8GB kit and add 2 x 1TB 7200rpm HDD in Raid 0 and a Cooler Master Hyper 212X to keep things temps down, as I plan to OC the 2500K.
Version 1 Editing Rig:
CPU - 2500K
Mobo – Asrock Z77 Extreme 4
RAM – 2 x 8GB 1600Mhz (G.Skill Ares F3-1600C10D-16GAO)
GPU – GTX 660 (Gigabyte GV-N660OC-2GD)
C: SSD – SanDisk Extreme 120GB - OS, Programs, Pagefile
D: HDD 1 – 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 - HD103UJ 7200rpm – Media, Projects
E: HDD 2 – 2 x 1TB Seagate – ST1000DM003 7200rpm - RAID 0 – Previews, Media Cache
F: HDD 3 - 2TB Seagate Barracuda - ST2000DM001 7200rpm – Export, Backup of raid
PSU – HX650W Corsair
Case: Mid Tower with front USB 3.0
OS - Win7HP
Version 2 Editing Rig adds a 3770K CPU, Windows 7 Pro and another 2 X 8GB RAM to total 32GB. Around this time I also plan to add a 27” WQHD IPS monitor.
Version 2 Editing Rig:
CPU - 3770K
Mobo - ASRock Z77 Extreme 4
RAM – 32GB - 4 x 8GB 1600Mhz (G.Skill Ares F3-1600C10D-16GAO)
GPU – GTX 660 (Gigabyte GV-N660OC-2GD)
C: SSD – SanDisk Extreme 120GB - OS, Programs, Page File
D: HDD 1 – 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 - HD103UJ 7200rpm – Media, Projects
E: HDD 2 – 2 x 1TB Seagate Barracuda – ST1000DM003 7200rpm - RAID 0 – Previews, Media Cache
F: HDD 3 - 2TB Seagate Barracuda - ST2000DM001 7200rpm – Export, Backup of Raid
PSU – HX650W Corsair
Case: Mid Tower with front USB 3.0
OS - Win7Pro
I’m still a bit confused about hard drives…
The motherboard has 4 x SATA3 ports – 2 on the main chipset, 2 on ASMedia ASM1061. My connection plan is C: SSD (OS, Program) and E: HDD 1 (Media, Projects) on main chipset SATA3 ports and E: HDD 2 RAID 0 (2 x 1TB Previews, Cache) on the 2 ASMedia SATA3 ports. Volume F: HDD 3 (2TB Export, Backup of Raid) would be connected via SATA2.
Currently here in Australia the prices for Seagate 7200rpm ‘Barracuda’ drives are approx.:
1TB $70
2TB $100 - $50/TB
3TB $140 - $45/TB
For $140 extra I could swap the 2 X 1TB drives for 2 x 3TB drives, drop the 1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 and have:
C: SSD – 120GB - OS, Programs, Page file
D: HDD 1 - 2 x 3TB Raid O – Media, Projects, Previews & Media Cache on the SATA3 ASMedia Chipset
F: HDD 2 – 2TB – Exports, Backup of Raid on main SATA3 chipset
I’m not sure which HDD setup would give a more responsive system and whether it’s worth the extra cost, given my current restricted budget... Currently I’m leaning towards just setting up what I have and revisiting it when I upgrade to the Version 2 3770K based rig.
Thanks in advance to the Adobe Forum Community and Harm & Bill @ ppbm7.com for helping me get this far.
Any feedback on any aspect of my plan is much appreciated!

Managed to scrape together a few more $$, upgraded PSU, RAM & HDD.
Current spec is:
CPU - 3770K
Mobo - ASRock Z77 Extreme 4
RAM – 32GB - 4 x 8GB 1600Mhz (G.Skill Ares F3-1600C10D-16GAO)
GPU – GTX 660 (Gigabyte GV-N660OC-2GD)
C: SSD – SanDisk Extreme 120GB - OS, Programs, Page File
D: HDD 1 – 3TB Seagate Barracuda - ST3000DM001 7200rpm – Media, Projects
E: HDD 2 – 2 x 1TB Seagate Barracuda – ST1000DM003 7200rpm - RAID 0 – Previews, Media Cache
F: HDD 3 - 3TB Seagate Barracuda - ST3000DM001 7200rpm – Export, Backup of Raid
PSU – 850W Silverstone ST85F-P Strider Plu, 80Plus Silver Cert.
Case: Mid Tower with front USB 3.0
OS - Win7Pro
I still have a question about Disk Setup…
My plan was:
1 x 3TB - Media, Projects – Sata3 (Intel chipset)
2 x 1TB - Raid 0 - Previews, Media Cache - Sata2 (Intel chipset)
1 X 3TB - Exports and Backup – Sata2 (Intel chipset)
I just read Harm's clarification on the http://ppbm7.com Tweakers page that the drive setup should be 2 x Raid 0, which I had previously read as 2 drives in Raid 0 but now think should be two volumes, 4 drives. I could put the 2 x 3TB drives also in Raid 0 on Sata2 Intel and buy another 3TB drive for Backup on SATA3 (ASMedia chipset) of the two Raid 0 volumes.
Could I ask what you guys believe would be the most efficient allocation of file types across these volumes?
I’m guessing the following, but would value your feedback
2 x 3TB Raid 0 – Media, Projects,
2 x 1TB Raid 0 – Media Cache & Database, Previews
1 x 3TB Export, Backup
Many Thanks!

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