Thanks ghost6303 and john4200 for your responses. Any comments on the temps I am observing on my setup? And any other thoughts on the rest of the questions?
Makes sense. So I think the OS drive needs to be changed and I think I will go with RE3 drives. Thanks for your reply sub.mesa.
Folks, please do share your thoughts for other questions.
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