Req. Hard drive recommendation

[MrFizzbin]

Greetings all. This is my forst post here btw.
I am in the process of slowly building up a new system from scratch. It's primary function will be for gaming and some video editing. I want to keep it within reasonable costs, so "bleeding edge" components aren't what I'm looking for!

Purchased to date:

Antec Nine Hundred Case
600W Power ATX OCZ GameXstream SLI
AMD64 AM2 ASUS CROSSHAIR NF590 PCIE Motherboard
DVD+/-RW LG GSAH22N DL 18/18/+10 OEM BLK Burner
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To be purchased:
CORSAIR 800MHZ DDR2 NO-ECC 2048MB TWINX PRO
AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200 (or 4600)+ 2.20G/2000/512K/AM2 (depends on pricing when I get around to buying this component.)
Graphics card: (to be determined what's out there and pricing when I
get to this component. Will be the last thing purchased.)
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My question:
Does setting up a couple of WESTERN DIGITAL SATA2 250.0 W.D 7200 16MB WD2500YS RE (Raid Edition) give me a performanceadvantage over a non-RAID setup? (I was toying with the idea of a couple of 10,000 rpm HD's, but they're just to expensive at the moment).

[Namslas90]

My question:
Does setting up a couple of WESTERN DIGITAL SATA2 250.0 W.D 7200 16MB WD2500YS RE (Raid Edition) give me a performanceadvantage over a non-RAID setup? (I was toying with the idea of a couple of 10,000 rpm HD's, but they're just to expensive at the moment).

Yes, however you might be better off with just one (for now) 10K speed SATA Raptor; you can always add a second later. The price of Raptors should be going down with the release of the new highspeed seagate drives. The Raid configuration you mention will give you a faster Boot-up and game load, but a single 10K (16b cache) raptor will be faster and more econimical in the end, and keep in mind you can always add the second Raptor and start Raid for best performance.

[TUngsten]

raid0 really increases speed for both video and gaming processes.

I'd consider the Seagate perpendicular drives too if you're looking to save some $ for the same performance
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148144

edit: nm, same price lol

Namslas - I know that on my mobo/bios I can't set up raid without reinstalling/repairing XP, not sure about his (or newer mobos for that matter)

[Namslas90]

Namslas - I know that on my mobo/bios I can't set up raid without reinstalling/repairing XP, not sure about his (or newer mobos for that matter)

Yes, you have to re-write the Data onto the HDd's in order for the Raid to function. The data is sharred between both drives in raid in order to increase the load time by reducing the HDD(s) total run(load) time. The data on the Hdd,s is what creates RAID. The Mobo/Bios only controlls the function of Raid.