What is the best Hard Disk Configuration?

Hi all!
I've been reading the forum for some time, and now I decided to build my new PC for editing.
I will use it with Premiere and After Effects CS5.
The hardware I am going to buy is listed below:
- Processor Intel Core i7-2600K
- Mother Board ASUS SABERTOOTH P67 (or the ASUS P8P67 Deluxe... I didn't decide it yet)
- 2 Hard Disks WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA III (6Gb/s) 7200RPM [for working media and exports]
- 1 Hard Disk Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA II (3Gb/s) 7200RPM [for OS and Programs]
- SDRAM DDR3 Corsair 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1866MHz (PC3 15000)
- Video card ATI Radeon 5850 1024MB (later I'll buy another and CrossFire them)
- Pioneer Internal Blu-ray Disc/DVD/CD Writer BDR-206
I also have a eSata Docking Station and other slower HDDs for Backups and "Old Projects Library".
So, my question is simple: what is the best way to use my HDDs, to get the best performance on Premiere and After Effects?
A) OS, Programs, PageFile and Media Cache on the Seagate HDD + Media, Projects, Previews and Exports on the WD HDDs working on RAID0; or
B) OS, Programs and PageFile on the Seagate HDD + Media and Projects on one WD HDD + Previews, Media Cache and Exports on the second WD HDD?
Thanks a lot!
Thiago
Ps.: My next upgrade will be another 8GB for RAM and another 2 WD Caviar Black HDDs, as soon as I make some money with that machine... xD

Hey Harm, thanks for the response.
First of all, I did choose the ATI GPU because of the benchmarks I saw on internet, BUT i didn't know about the CUDA Acceleration Technology. So, I will probably buy a nVidia GTX460, since it is at the same price level, but seems to have a better performance with Premiere and AfterEffects. =)
But the question is about HDDs, so let's get to it.
I read in the forum that it doesn't make a big difference to have RAID 0 HDDs or even use the SATA III drives foe video editing, because the system doesn't even use the whole bandwith of the SATA II technology.
But, in another question, I read that it depends on the type of files you are working with. I have a Canon 550D, so it records in 330MB/min (about 45MB/s) in 1080/24p, using the h.264 codec (in *.mov files). Those are the files I will edit and I want to burn Blu-Ray disks with my movies.
That said, my doubts are:
A) Should I invest on SATA III disks for better performance? Will I take any advantage of the 6Gb/s bandwidth, or the only difference will be the 64MB cache?
B) Is it better to have a faster C: drive?
I am asking that to get a better use of my investment. If the SATA III disks won't give me any difference on performance, I could get some SATA II disks and then use that money to buy more RAM - or faster RAM, like 2000MHz.
Thanks again!!!
Thiago

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