Help with spec for a video editing PC

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Would appreciate some advice. My mate uses Sony Vegas and wants me to build him a reasonable spec PC. He is by ne means a pro and only does videos for Uni work and as a hobby.

Was thinking going AMD as he only has around £300 to spend, maybe a fast dual core? Gamining doesn't come into it at all so would onboard be good enough?

We have a 500GB HDD, screen, keyboard and mouse etc so would need:

Case/PSU
CPU
Motherboard
RAM
(Video card?)

He's in Uni so can get Windows 7 cheaper than OEM. I've only built machines with gaming in mind and never with encoding in mind so would appreciate advice. Is a dual good enough or would a quad really be worth the extra?
 
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