Reformatting XP. How much to Partition?

I'm reformatting with a brand new 250gb Hard Drive.  How much space should I partition?  I plan to use my PC to play War III, WoW, and I'm getting into Video Editing.  I also have an ATI TV Wonder, as I plan to record some console games onto my PC.  One guy recommended I partition for 4gb.  Then another one said 180gb.  He said:

"there is an active partition, and a non-active partition
besides that, there are two types of partitions:
Primary Partition (Standard, encouraged), Extended Partition (Linux mainly, boosts performance)"

So uhh... who do I listen to?

I prefer to have a 3-4 gig partition to install all my programs (non-games, that is) and operation system to.  As for what to do with the rest of your unpartitioned space, it depends on a few things.  Its usually a good idea to make several partitions around 40 gigs or so.  It makes defragging your drives after you've been using them a lot easier, and I've heard that smaller partitions extend the life of your drive.  I like to have several partitions, myself, as it helps me to keep my stuff sorted out (games, partition, anime partition, music, etc).