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[Stanman]

I am thinking about buying the following kit. I play generals online and do video editing.
Will this be an improvement on my current set up of
AMD Opteron 75. 3 GB ram NV 6600GT, Asus A8NSLI Deluxe?

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Coolermaster Cavalier 3 Silver Chrome Finish w/o PSU

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Item currently awaiting an ETA. Coolermaster Cavalier 3 Silver Chrome Finish w/o PSU 28 day installation damage insurance with Scansure available on this product £32.95 £37.89
1TB Samsung HD103UJ Spinpoint F1, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ

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Item in stock. 1TB Samsung HD103UJ Spinpoint F1, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ 28 day installation damage insurance with Scansure available on this product £58.35 £67.10
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3P, iP45 Express, S775, PCI-E 2.0x16, DDR2 1066/1200/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200, Yorkfield Core, S775, 2.33GHz, 1333MHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 7x, 95W, Retail

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4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX DDR2 XMS2, PC2-8500 (1066), 240Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 5-5-5-15, EPP

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24" Iiyama PLE2407HDS-B1 Widescreen LCD, 1920 x 1080, 2ms, DVI/HDMI/VGA - 1080p HD Ready, PC/MAC

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1GB XFX HD 4850, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), 1986MHz GDDR3, GPU 625MHz, 800 Cores, 2x DL DVI-I/ HDTV, HDCP

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Any recommendations for a tool free, quick release MOBO. Also I will be using an existing modular Tagab TG580 PSU, will it be enough?

[rabbid]

Yes!
Just check if Generals can use widescreen res? Some of the older games either stretch to fit or crop, either way can look weird.

If you have no intention of playing the newest games perhaps an HD4770 and Q8300 would suit you better for around similar total cost? More MHz would mean faster processing for your video editing and either GPU should max out Generals with plenty of room to spare.

Budget for some good case and CPU fans too, keep it all cool whilst encoding.