Well. I always build my computers, so I'll pass on those makes since I don't know them. HT for video editing can be very useful. Video card, I have the 9700pro. Make sure your mobo handles the required voltage. Make sure your power supply is over 450W. If possible try your vid card's TV In function before buying. ATI states that some makes of power supplies create interference or corruption in both the picture and sound on those ATI cards. The corruption is a shimmering of the desktop or a wave in the video IN TV function. Highly recommend that you try it first, or you may not like the results. I sure didn't. See: WWW.rageunderground.com for details. Do not follow the instructions given on some packages by ATI. It is in error. It tells you to plug the power supply cord for the video card into your hard drive. Avoid that at all costs. Plug it directly into the power supply or (for some motherboards who now have that feature) into the motherboard itself. Make sure the builder does that. The vidcard drivers: Hydravision and or desktop manager may cause problems with Poser at installation. Codetwister's Tailer would not install on my system (XP) with desktop manager loaded. Unload those before installing and restore all transparency levels to 0. Lastly: 250GB HD.... fine but only if I had SATA. Why make the system work for nothing... Sounds like a great system. Enjoy. PS: for those who had read this post before... consider this the English version. Sorry 'bout that... :))) Q

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