The Raptors are Serial ATA, so they are on separate controllers. An nForce3 chipset has built-in RAID, so you're all set. I'd recommend 2x 73 Gb Raptors though, 2x 36 Gb will be full before you know it. Maybe a big ATA133 drive for mass storage, (in the system I described above I've also got 2x160 Gb ATA133 drives in RAID0 for mass storage). As for the Win version: if you connect to the Internet, I'd recommend XP Pro, less vulnerable to hackers than XP Home. I highly recommend buying a good case, Antec or Chieftec, with a strong power supply, at least 350 Watt. A RAM disk is not a good idea. It would only benefit Poser and a few parts of the OS you put in there, but it would eat away a lot of space from the system cache. The syscem cache benefits Poser almost as much as a RAM disk (I expect less than 1% difference), but it benefits EVERY process on the system. The idea of RAM disk is obsolete. Hope this helps, Steven.

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