In the next week to 10 days I will order my new PC.
These are the parts I have chosen at this point.
Anyone see critical mistakes in my choices ?

Any input appreciated.
Kingston 1GB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM
Back Ordered
$209.95 SKU: 08463 Part No: KVR800D2N5/1GLG Flatron L203WTX 20in Widescreen LCD w/ DVI, 8ms, 1400:1 Contrast, Silver-Black
Back Ordered
$339.95 SKU: 08434 Part No: L203WTX
SKUPhotoProduct Description Price QTYExt. PriceDelete4796Thermaltake VA3000SNA Tsunami Dream Tower, Silver $119.95
$119.95




6973Maxtor 300GB DiamondMax 10 7200RPM SATAII w/ 16MB Cache (ROHS) $109.95
$219.908607Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 w/ DualDDR2 800, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan, SATA II, 1394, PCI-E x16 Onboard 100/1000 Gigabit Lan
Onboard 8-Channel 7.1 Audio
$279.95
$279.959097Enermax 600W EG701AX-VE SFMA Noisetaker II Power Supply $154.95
$154.958653Intel Core™2 Duo Processor E6400 2.13GHz w/ 2MB Cache Intel Retail Heatsink and Fan
$279.95
$279.958387Logitech Media Keyboard Elite $34.95
$34.955700Logitech MX 518 Gaming-Grade™ Optical Mouse Special Order $59.95
$59.958944eVGA e-GeForce 7950 GT 512MB PCI-E w/ Dual DVI, HDTV-Out $359.95
$359.956747McAfee VirusScan 2006 Ver 10.0 (OEM) $8.99
$8.998751Microsoft Windows XP Professional w/ SP2B, OEM $159.95
$159.955455Logitech Z-2300 THX® Certified 2.1 Speaker System $139.95
$139.959145Samsung SH-S182M Lightscribe 18x18 Dual Layer DVD+/-RW, Black $44.95
$44.95All prices subject to change without prior notice.
Prices does not include the Alberta Electronics Recycling Environmental Fee.
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Memory Express does not take responsibility for misprints on product prices and information.Subtotal:$1903.34GST:$114.20Total:$2017.54

Thanks

First thoughts....

1) You'll need another hard drive. For video we typically have the OS and s/w on one drive (say around 60Gb) and keep a big drive 300Gb+ for video.

2) You don't need to spend $350 on a graphics card for editting video. If it's going to sub as a game machine then maybe.

3) I've no idea what a 'Gaming-Grade' optical mouse is. I suspect it's OTT for video editting.

4) 1Gb RAM (of whatever sort) is the min you should consider for video editting. 2Gb+ is better and you'll see the difference.

5) You made no mention here of s/w. Good editting s/w does come at a price (often as mujch as the rig itself) so be careful to budget for it also.

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Sorry Alan,
I seem to have made a double post in an effort to edit.
Please see my reply here.http://www.videoforums.co.uk/perfect...html#post55932

Thanks