My First Video Editor Build, go ahead guys rip me a new one

Bigtom

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I want to build a computer for Video Editing.

I am not really concerned with the power that the computer will use.

Please give me feedback or Alternatives

Thanks

Case
Not sure yet Most Likely an Antec Case

Power supply
Coolermaster RS-450-ACLY 450W $70

Motherboard

Asus P5WD2-E Premium $269

Processor
Pentium D 940 (3.2ghz ) $438

Processor Heatsink
Zalman CNPS9500 LED $60

RAM
Corsair 2Gb XMS2 DDR2 6400 TWIN2X2048-6400PRO $350

Hard Drive
Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB Serial ATA $158
300GB SATA hard drive for storage $130

DVD Burner
Plextor PX-712SA SATA Drive

Video Card
Not Sure Yet

Please let me know what you think. I would like to keep it in the range of about 1500-2000

Thanks,
Bigtom
 

PCcashCow

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That SATA drive is sata II right? If not look for one.

There seems a high budget here, so try to go with x1900xt:)

You'll have to chage your drives around a bit to accomidate you 2k cap, but with a standard sonta case, youll do just fine (assuming you have an OS already)