Advise needed

[razvansaileanu]

I want to build a new system. While this system would be used mainly for regular computing (web developing, web surfing, etc.) I would like to take all my family's video tapes, edit the files and burn them on DVD. Here are the components I want to use:

Asus K8V motherboard
AMD64 3200+
2x512MB Mushkin PC3500 cas2
Kingwin K11 midtower case
Antec 400W PSU case
2x36GB 10,000RPM WD Raptor / 2x120GB WD1200JD 7200RPM SATA
Radeon 9600 Pro A-I-W 128MB / Radeon 9000 Pro A-I-W 64MB
Plextor PX-708A

Since I am looking at working with and modifying video files, my questions are:
1. Should I go for the 36GB Raptors or are the WD 1200JD's fast enough? Would I notice a difference between them? Or should I have 2 x 36GB Raptors in Raid and have one 1200JD for data storage?
2. Same question about the Radeon A-I-W: is the difference between the 9600 Pro 128MB and the 9000 Pro 64MB worth the difference in price (about $80)?

I would appreciate any advise.

 

[warmachine]

Dont worry about the drives the sata drives will work fine U could burn two dvds at once if they are on
diferrent drive chanels cpu and mem most impotant because video must be chaged to mpeg2 format
to burn to dvd. Thats what will take the most time.

 

[razvansaileanu]

thinking that the HD right now are the 'slow link' - thanks for your advise.

Raz

 

[InlineFive]

Agreed. For encoding you need processor and memory power, lots of it! I can encode just fine with slow 5400RPM ATA hard drives so there shouldn't be a problem there. As for the TV-Tuners the 9000 and 9600 have the same tuner but the 9600 has a much more powerful 3D pipeline and DX9 support. Make sure to use DScaler with either card.

-Por

 

[razvansaileanu]

thanks....and what is the 'Dscaler'? I presume some choice you can make off the video card?

Raz