An SATA 2 drive should be backwards compatible with SATA 1. I personally think RAID 0 is too much hassle, and risky. I would just get a decent 7200 RPM drive around 200-300GB.
You can always add a Raptor or RAID setup later. You may find Raptors too noisy if you are sensitive to noise...
Are you talking about the neo4? That "it should be greater than 18A" recommendation is for a single rail. If you look at the MSI Neo4 Platinum test report, they have 300W and 350W power supplies that tested OK. I wish MSI would publish a recommendation for dual rails (or if they did I would...
Sounds like something is majorly screwed up and I doubt it is your RAM. It could be a disk problem. You should try scanning for adware/malware, resetting your BIOS, maybe looking at the event viewer in windows to see if there are problems being logged. Does CPU Z report your correct processor...
Switching between open applications by itself is not "multitasking". Having multiple cores / multiple CPUs will make your computer more responsive though.
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