I want to use the computer soley for editing/special effects/DVD burning.

I use Prem pro 2, A/E 7.0, ENCORE/ audition 2.0.

How much ram (more than 2GB?), more than 200 GB hd, Processor? and which graphics card would you recommend?

Anyone have any suggestions?

Don't wory about it. Video editing just needs huge hard drives and a fast CPU. Most of the work isn't done in ram, at any one time only a few frames are in ram. The rest of the video work is on the hard drives, so overall speed is set by their head settling times and continuous read/write rates.

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System - Athlon 1.4GHz, Win98, Hauppauge PVR250 receiver and compressor.
Software -Magix Movie Edit Pro 10, Nero 6 + NeroVision Express, Moho 4.61, PSP 8.1, Bryce, Quicktime 6.52 pro, Goldwave 5, DVD-Lab.
Cameras - Panasonic GS9, Canon ES8400V, Canon EOS D20 and Canon A70

I agree mostly with crusty, CPU and HDD are the most important qualities and 2gb at least for anything from adobe, but in my own experience PPro 2 and AE 7 run noticebly smoother since I upgraded my graphics card from XT800 128mb to XT1600 256mb. But I would add to that not to bother with SLI or the latest top of the range cards as this would be a waste of money, the xt1600 cost £100.

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Thanks Guys

I was going to Buy a new CUSTOM built computer dedicated soley to Adobe Prem Pro Editing/After effects/ Photoshop/audition/encore...I've seen several on the market which are within my price range (£1000) and below...

AMD Athlon 64X2 5000+AM2 PROCESSOR with WIN XP

1024 MB CCR2 memory - 533MHZ,
300 gb ATA Hard Drive,
256MB Nvidia GeForce 7900GT

Do any of you have experience with any of these items? I only ever had an off the shelf PC before (pent 4) The description/spec given really made them sound like the "Dogs undercarrige" and everything I would need for a smooth editing experience.

Thanks again