Forum friends here's a system proposed by a work mate, what do you reckon....its a bit over my budget, could I lower the cost somehow, or might that impact what I want to do with it?

Asus A8N-SLi Deluxe, ATX, DDDR400, PCI-E, 2 x Gbit Lan, USB 2.0, 1394, 8ch Audio, 4 x SATA, Raid 5

256Mb Sapphire PCI-E ATI X300SE HYPERMEMORY TV/Out DVI

1Gb (2 x 512 Mb) Corsair TwinX, DDR, PC3200C2PT, Cas 2

2 x 250Gb Maxtor Maxline III 24x7 Reliability (7200rpm,16MB) SATA II NCQ

160Gb Samsung SpinPoint™ HD160JJ (7200rpm,8mb) - SATA II NCQ

2 x NEC ND-4550A Black 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer DVD-Writer

CoolerMaster Centurion 5 Case Black Body

480W Tagan 2Force SLi Ultra Quiet 21db PSU

Logitech Cordless Internet Desktop Pro - Black Keyboard & Optical Mouse

Used 19" CRT.

Of course I'll need to get the editing software. Please let me have your thoughts, thanks.