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I am mainly a power user. Horsepower used mostly for video encoding, video editing, picture editing, watching movies, tivo file server, moving big files around. I'm not into gaming but I like to have a slick system (within the budget limit of around $1200). This is what I have come up with via AVADirect. I would consider a self build if it was significantly cheaper, if not I would just assume have someone else do the assembly and testing work. Does this set up look like it will work given my wants and needs?

Thanks in advance for any help :) 

All in cost $1081.94

COOLER MASTER HAF 922 (RC-922M-KKN1-GP) Black Mid-Tower Case, ATX, No PSU, Steel
CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX TX Series Power Supply, 650W, 80 PLUS®, 24-pin ATX12V EPS12V, SLI Ready
ASUS P8P67 PRO Rev 3.0, LGA1155, Intel® P67, DDR3-2200 (O.C.) 32GB /4, PCIe x16 SLI CF /2, SATA 3 Gb/s RAID 5 /6, 6 Gb/s /4, USB 3.0 /4, HDA, GbLAN, BT, FW /2, ATX, Retail
INTEL Core™ i5-2500K Quad-Core 3.3GHz, HD Graphics 3000, LGA1155, 6MB L3 Cache, 32nm, 95W, EM64T EIST TB VT-x XD, Retail
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler, Socket 1155/1156/1366/775/AM3/AM2, Copper/Aluminum, Retail
CORSAIR 8GB (2 x 4GB) Vengeance™ PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC
MICROSTAR N450GTS Cyclone 1GD5/OC, GeForce® GTS 450 850MHz, 1GB GDDR5 4000MHz, PCIe x16 SLI, 2x DVI+mini HDMI, Retail
SAMSUNG 1TB SpinPoint F3, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200-RPM, 32MB Cache, Retail
SAMSUNG 1TB SpinPoint F3, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200-RPM, 32MB Cache, Retail
RAID No RAID, Independent HDD Drives
ASUS DRW-24B3LT Black 24x DVD±R/RW Dual-Layer Burner w/ Lightscribe, SATA, OEM

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I made a list of the same parts, but it only came out to ~$100 cheaper.
However, I would suggest trading out that video card. it's not a good one by a long shot. See if they have the option for a 6850, 6870 or 560.

I would build it yourself. $100 dollars is enough to go from a gts 450 to a GTX 560 ti (much better card for editing and such), and assembly is usually very easy.

You can take a look at this guide and see if it's something you can handle: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/274745-31-step-step-g...

Hope it all goes well!

With your given usage you need the i7-2600K. That's the main thing.

Other than that the MB is a bit overkill. The vanilla P8P67 would do everything you need.

Here's the way I would do it, but I do see what you mean about price.

  • ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
  • COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0 and Black Interior
  • 2x SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
  • GIGABYTE GV-N450-1GI GeForce GTS 450 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
  • CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power ...
  • ASUS P8P67 (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit English 1-Pack - OEM
  • Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I72600K
  • G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM
    TOTAL: $1,171.39
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    Good stuff! Thanks for the input. Still not decided on self build. I like the ability to have someone to call if things go wrong. I read enough reviews to know that parts can arrive DOA. It may be better knowing that all parts are tested before arrival at my door. I will likely go with the i7 that was recommended. I'm pretty clueless on graphics cards so I may go with the recommended Asus GTX 460. It wasn't commented on but I assume the CPU fan CM Hyper 212+ is OK as well. Thanks again.
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