What is my optimal storage setup for rendering?

[asuh]

I have no plans to buy anything else right now so I want to optimize what I currently have.

Here's my system:

E8500 3.1GHz
Asus P5B Deluxe
4GB RAM
XFX 8800GS

1TB Hitachi
1TB WD Black
160GB WD SATA
Windows 7 Ultimate

Right now, I'm using my 160GB for my OS and 1TB Hitachi as my storage. I'm not sure where to fit the 1TB WD Black into the mix.

My main usage on a daily basis is graphics rendering, whether it's bulk resizing photos, graphic editing, etc. I might start doing a little audio editing and rendering on here too but not now.

I could reformat and use the 1TB WD Black as my main drive but since all my storage is currently on the Hitachi with plenty of room to spare, the WD Black would have so much wasted space.

I have an external case but I'm not sure how that would even fit into the mix either since now I'm not lacking storage space.

Is there any reason I should scratch the 160GB drive over the 1TB? I doubt I'd notice any performance increases by installing my OS on 1TB but then again I'm not sure.

Thoughts?

 

[sirmonkey1985]

use the 160 as your os drive.. use the 1TB black as the application/rendering drive and use the hitatchi as the storage drive..

only other choice would be to go to SSD as the rendering drive then moving what you finished to the storage drives.. that would be the most optimal way of doing it..

but the black drive should be faster then the hitachi.. and hell i trust WD drives a hell of a lot more then hitachi's, especially the WD black drives..