First time builder - please help

My old system died, so I need to replace. I would like to build as opposed to buying a system from HP or Dell. I am not a gamer, but will use the system for video editing to transfer home movies to DVD format. At this point the only decision I have made is to use an AMD cpu, probably an Athlon 64 x2-3800. As this is my first build, I would appreciate component recommendations to complete this build. I will probably only reuse the DVD drives from my old system.

Thanks,
Eric

Good choice, AMD right now is the performance leader, and the Offical Choice of the Tom's Hardware Guide Fourmz. lol

Here is a good build for your needs with some choices:

CPU:
Athlon64 X2-3800+ (2GHz/512x2 L2 cache) - $295.00 OR
Opteron 165 (1.8GHz/1MB x 2 L2 cache) $325.00

For the small amount of extra money go with the Opteron. It can easily overclock to 2GHz if you choose to. It is a higher quality chip and the extra L2 cache will help with your video editing.

Motherboard:
Asus AN8-E $94.00
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra - $105.00
Your choice- both boards are about the same- I perfer Asus, others on the forum perfer EPoX.

RAM:
OCZ Titanium 2GB (2 x 1GB) $251.44
High quality RAM will really help your system with what you want to do with it, OCZ is some of the best. This item has a $35 MIR off the price.

Hard Drive:
Depends on how much video you want to store
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3300622AS 300GB - $130
Get two and use onboard RAID 0. This will speed up the process of ripping quite a bit. Make sure to get drives with 16MB of cache.

DVD- Reused..
if you need a new 16x Burner.. NEC- $38

Video Card-
eVGA 256-P2-N384 Geforce 6800 256MB (not really sure on that one- another poster help here) $129 ($99 after MIR)

Case-
your choice

PSU- at least 550W - Antec TruePower II $89

Hope this helps you!