Again, great post, but I would recommend using WD Blue hard drives. Go at least with green or black.
And, wrong on OCZ. Best for performance, but I would go with Intel for quality and TRIM support and its toolbox. Plus, it's Intel. Crucial has the name also. OCZ's support is not as good. They do fly though.
If you want Word to open up without watching the Add-Ins, e.g. instantaneously. and reboots (once I clocked under 9.2 seconds) and never having to defrag, get an SSD. You will never go back. Just make sure it is either 120 or 240 and SATA III. If you really want to beat Sandeep and I (go with an SSD PCIe card, but make sure it is bootable.
I personally can vouch that Sandeep has purchased all of those configurations, but he did go with redundant power supplies as his video games drown out the 50 dbs.
