Reformat for Mac OS X 10.6.7 reinstall?

My 27" iMac (2.66 GHz Quad Core Intel i5) has been acting increasingly flaky over the course of the past two weeks. Problems have included the hard drive refusing to mount & a bout of frozen/quivering menus. Previously rare application crashes have become more frequent.
Minor measures (disk repair, trashing preference files) didn't resolve all the problems, so clearly it's time to reinstall the OS. Everything has been backed-up (twice) and I'm now considering the options before proceeding.
This iMac is mostly used for video/audio editing: many power-hungry apps (Adobe Production Premium CS5.5, CS5, CS4, FCP, Logic, etc) are installed.
The older/unneeded CS5 and CS4 applications should really be removed. Uninstalling the older two Adobe suites alone could take hours...and I'll probably have to reinstall CS5.5 anyway.
Would reformatting the drive and reinstalling all applications from scratch be a better choice than just reinstalling the OS? Would the benefits be worth the time and effort? On Windows machines, I've always reformatted before an OS reinstallation, but I haven't done this on a Mac in many years.
If it matters, I don't anticipate upgrading this iMac to Lion in the immediate future.
Thanks,
Felicia Lovelett

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