Conroe for video editing - decent spec?

[wsurfa]

Looking for a low cost vid editing solution - don't want to go above c£600ish excluding monitor. This is my first effort - I'll expect to overclock a bit

CP-135-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM (CP-135-IN)
£107.99 £107.99
MB-061-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-061-GI)
£91.99 £91.99
MY-057-GL GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC) (MY-057-GL)
£89.99 £89.99
CA-040-AN Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU (CA-040-AN)
£66.99 £66.99
GX-025-BG BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-025-BG)
£74.99 £74.99
MO-003-BE Belinea 102035W 20.1" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Black/Silver (MO-003-BE)
£211.99 £211.99
HS-017-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) (HS-017-AR)
£17.99 £17.99
CD-033-PL Plextor PX-755A 16x16 Dual Layer DVD±RW ReWriter (Beige/Black) - Retail (CD-033-PL)
£33.99 £33.99
HD-078-SE Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-078-SE)
£59.95 £59.95
Subtotal £755.87
VAT £132.28
Total £888.15

Any thoughts?

 

[Mr Mister]

looks pretty good. You would benefit from having 2gb ram. Will you be gaming at all? if not swap the card for something cheaper and get 2gb ram.

 

[wsurfa]

PC is for parents, so I doubt any gaming will take place. I couldn't bring myself to put a completly poo card in though, but a good point re 2gb, especially as they might do a bit of photo editing as well. Any suggestions at the budget end?

 

[Nami]

I'd go for something like this, assuming you're not looking to overclock this PC?

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 LA PC2-5400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-5400PHU2-2GBLA) (MY-012-GS)

Your other main components (mobo and CPU) are extremely capable of large overclocks, and if this is something you may want to do in future then I'd go for:

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)

If the PC isn't going to be used for gaming, then I'd def switch the 7600gt for something lower spec.

 

[wsurfa]

I'll overclock it a bit intially, then possilby more down the line as vid editing wants as much power as possible.

So a revised spec to include the 2gb Geil 6400, and a crappier graphics card.

Time to order and get building next week (might still change the monitor to a standard 19inch though)