New Builder/New Build -- Advice Please

[SANDMANnyc]

This is my first post, although I've been lurking around the forums trying to soak up some of the great information on this site (particularly impressed with guys like bomberboy and bodaggit -- you guys know your stuff!). After some bad recent experiences with some HP's and Dell's, I've decided to take the plunge and try to build my own, and would love any thoughts/suggestions/improvements to my list.

Quick background on what I'm looking for: I'm not a gamer (hence no radeon 58xx), but I do do a fair amount of HD video capture and editing, and watching movies. This computer will be my workhorse for the house, and above all I'm looking for speed and reliability. The list:

mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131365
ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226030
case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119194 (was considering HAF 922, but I like the firewire front port)
psu/gpu combo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.275104
hdd/os combo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.275634.22-136-284 (professional win7 because I want remote access)
cpu/heatsink combo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.235111
CD/DVD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289
card reader: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820300608
thermal paste: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186020

Total price with shipping comes to about $1550.

Thanks very much!

 

[mx344]

Hey there, well that build looks great, will be a beast, i have one suggestion though, i saw that you said you don't game but you video edit, well skip on the 4770, and go with nvidia, cuda technology is alot better than ati's stream technology imo, cuda has alot more support fro major programs, stream has very little. So you'll probably have to get something along the lines of an 9800GT, would be good for you, no need to get a huge gfx card, when the mid-class one does it just about as good.

 

[SANDMANnyc]

Thanks very much -- I will look into that. I do want to be able to run 2 monitors -- can the card you suggest do that?

 

[linkin]

yes it can, all 9800gt cards 2 dvi ports.

 

[SANDMANnyc]

Thanks again.

Will I have any trouble fitting the Dark Knight in the case?