Joel;


I'm not a computer tekkie by any means, but I think you would be much better off w/at least 1 7200 spin rate.


When I was researching my current box (specifically for photography) I found many people recommending the 10k, they found the 7200 sufficient and didn't recommend the 5400 spin.


When I went to a shop to have mine built, there was young (college) lady there who was into photography, majoring in computer sciences. She lamented how slow her 5400 HD (don't remember memory size....mine's minimal [] ) using CS3. She thought my HD setup was spot on.


All I'm saying is that I think you'll be disappointed in the 5400 s/r for PP and the 250/7200 s/r HDs are pretty inexpensive.


Cooling system; liquid was exponentially more expensive at the time, so I put a larger cooling fan in a quieter box....I'm not having any issues w/heat.


Sorry, as I stated, I'm not computer tekkie, so I can't speak on your other components w/my experience being over a year old.


BTW....my cost; $1500


Good luck


Bill