>$430 video card for video editing / gaming rig

[Sink-Swim]

Hey, I'm a film student and gamer looking to build a PC for about $1000-$1200. I'm being formally trained to edit with Avid Media Composer, and started a PC build here (http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1jXSI) based on Avid's system requirements. But the more I looked into it, more it seems like a $1200 rig is a lightweight when it comes to editing on Avid, and something that could run it properly would be way over my budget. So while I would like to have a PC that could at least meet the minimum requirements for Avid (NVIDIA Quadro FX family, FX 560 or higher), Sony Vegas would be much easier for me to run. (full system requirements here http://fp.avid.com/products/Media-Composer-Software/system-requirements.asp)

Tentatively considered the PNY Quadro FX 1800 768MB Video Card, which at $431 stretches my budget a bit. I'm hearing though that video editing doesn't stress the video card that heavily, and the CPU is what's important. I do a fair bit of gaming too, so I'm wondering if there's a video card out there cheaper than $430 that can serve both purposes. If I could run Starcraft 2 at max graphics plus have the video editing power, I'd be over the moon.

Thanks for any help you can give guys!

 

[Nuck Chorris]

Starcraft 2 doesn't really need a high GPU to max out. I think the 7850 can which is only $160.

I also read that a powerful CPU is more needed than a powerful GPU.
The 4770k with a Z87 motherboard would be out of your $430 budget.
Either get a cheaper i7 (4770) with a B85 or a H87 motherboard or get and i5 4670k with a Z87 motherboard..

With them ^ you'd have to get a
$330 GPU (760) for the i5..
$280 GPU (7970) for the i7

 

[Nuck Chorris]

Also, sorry for bad English.

I'm only 13 and doesn't know much about video editing, rendering and such.