After clearing out the dust from my pc and realizing that the two deskstars in my pc are 6 years old (2x160gb 5200rpm raid 0) and the pair of 500gb (5200rpm) storage ones are from 07 and 08, I think it might be best to replace them all with a pair of 1tb drives or equivalents.
However I have not kept up with hard drive technology, I know ssd's are mighty fast in seek times, but are still a little expensive for my tastes, so was hoping that someone could recommend a new set of drives for me, and also if it is worth my while spending a little more and getting say 2x500gb for my os and putting them in raid, or if drives have improved in performance enough that that is no longer necessary?