For what it's worth...

In mine you can see a part of what I have in my sig.

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Nice set up you have there, enjoy it.

I suppose I should say what mine is:

Core i5 750 at 3.2Ghz at stock volts, with turbo mode on. Cooling is water (Apogee GTZ, MCP320QP Radiator, MCR Res II, MCP355 Pump, all swiftech).
8GB of DDR3 1600 RAM, 8, 8, 8, 24, (Has leds that blink on them with activity, blinking is random, but only based on activity, so it's a really neat thing to watch)
DFI T3eh9 Motherboard
Dual Western Digital Velociraptor 300GB in RAID 0.
1TB Caviar Black for storage
PC Power & Cooling 750
X-Fi Titanium Champion Edition
GTX 260 (can't remember the OC)

RAID 0 - asking for trouble.

Should be fine as long as he backs it up. Raid 0 is good for speed.

Exactly, You should have backups no matter what storage system you use. With this in mind RAID 0 is no big deal.

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If you know what you're doing, trouble would be of 0 consequince. I have a server behind me running raid 5 on a PERC 5/i and it's begging for more drives. I can back up everything (and routinely do) to this server and have terabytes to spare.

Trust me, I know what I'm doing. RAID 0 has it's place, but it's usually in the same building as a RAID 5 array.

One of the key things I like to remind people about RAID 0 is that, in the right place it's the only sensible option. Consider my case: My raid 0 is 600GB large, that's not very much space by today's standards, but it spins at 10,000RPM and has access times lower than most mechanical drives, while having more space per dollar than most solid state drives... it was honestly the best deal I could come up with for what I needed. 600GB just isn't enough to hold movies, music, and other data that needs to be fairly persistent.

Since those two disks are high quality drives almost clandestine for RAID 0 (enthusiasts have run raptor class WD drives in RAID 0 main drive setups for years), I'm less at risk. Take this a step further I have 0 critical data on these drives, they're strictly for game installs, and my software. The only thing that might be worth backing up off my drives is my steam profile (almost 200GB by now, and saves time downloading my games again), and my save games.

Everyone should know that RAID 0 is less safe than running a single drive, and should only be used in scenarios where data is not critical. So asking for trouble, some people might be... but not me. Trust me, I know what I'm doing.

Also, I've never had a WD drive actaully fail. If it came good, it was invincible. My 74GB raptor in my server (for OS and whatever programs it's gotta run) I've had for almost 5 years. But again, I tend to run drives like that (old or non-safe configurations) in a situation where they're simply not critical. The only thing I got going that's asking for trouble is water cooling, considering my overclock it's not worth the trouble, but I'll keep at it.

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WoW is the best time for me to listen to music.

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Is that Yuki from Suzumiya Haruhi in a bunny girl getup?

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All the nice gear in this picture and all you guys can comment on is some silly little figurine.

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/6264883-post1275.html

Nice setup, Stephen. It looks sweet, bet it sounds sweeter|

The setup is nice too!

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One of the first things I noticed too.

It's a FREEing Yuki, unless it's a recast.

@mrarroyo, scott_d_m,

Thank you. It's taken me many years of buying used, clearance, sales, etc. to put it together and frankly the whole lot wouldn't sell for enough to buy a decent amp these days, but it pleases my ears almost every day and I guess that's what matters.

@Chrome Pumpkin, fenixdown110, Shike,

+100 points for good eyesight. It's Freeings's Nagato Yuki alright. Makes the wife's eyes roll, but I get a kick out of it.

Makes sense to a degree, as long as you backup everything. I just stick to my 150GB Raptor for O/S, suits my needs. Another 500GB storage is plenty for data.