No beauty only beast - New hack config - pls advice!

[shieloading]

The goal with machine is the capture, prep, and compress HD video. Its a secondary machine to my Macbook Pro which is for editing. Again, in advance thanks for all your help and time.

Here are the barebones:

• LITE-ON DVD Writer - Bulk - Black SATA Model iHAS224-06 LightScribe Support - OEM
  Item #: N82E16827106333 - $19.99
  Antec Sonata III 500 Black 0.8mm cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply
  Item #: N82E16811129024 - $119.99
  Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
  Item #: N82E16822148433 - $69.99
  EVGA 01G-P3-N959-TR GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
  Item #: N82E16814130395 $64.99
  G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
  Item #: N82E16820231277 - $49.99
  ASUS P7P55D-E Pro LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
  Item #: N82E16813131621 - $179.99
  Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield 2.93GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I7870
  Item #: N82E16819115213 - $279.99

 

[mistermarkd]

I think this may be in the wrong section

 

[aero++]

indeed...
hello shieldloading, post it in the pre-install/buying advice section of the forum, it's likely you'll get more feedback there

 

[shieloading]

Sorry peeps...
Noob mistake.

Moderator please delete. I don't see an option to do that.