Non-Gamer card - Need recommendation

[DingDongDaddy]

I am building my first computer from scratch. I want an audio/video computer - no gaming, no media center software. It's primary use is for audio editing and some video editing and mpg conversions. I want a fast number cruncher with lots of SATA choices but still no gaming - price is not a concern.

I already have a pro sound card, HDs, and the peripherals, etc. I can figure out most of the new pieces but the video card confuses me - too many choices. Same for the motherboard.

This is what I have so far:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe (??)
CORSAIR 2GB TWINX2048-4400PRO
Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS
Thermaltake Purepower W0083RU ATX12V/ EPS12V 600W Power Supply
Thermaltake CL-P0257 Blue orb II CPU Cooler

See any improvements to the above? Video card suggestions?

Thanks...

 

[F1shF4t]

firstly the blue orb 2 is alright, but i would not recomend it for a dual core, the hetpipe heatsink that comes with the X2 should be much better. (i own a blue orb 2 and have tryed it on my dual core and the sonic tower even pasive with case fans does better than the orb, its a very nice heatsink for single cores but heatpipe heatsinks are much better fo duallies)

If u dont care about gaming, well any half descent card will do, a 6200 pcie ( non turbocache) will do it fine.

 

[nitromullet]

You can go with pretty much any card and be fine if you're not gaming... One question though: if you aren't gaming and don't care about the graphics cards, why a dual PCIe x16 SLI motherboard?

 

[russki]

you overpaid for your motherboard by about 100 dollars since that motherboard is designed for 2 graphics cards in sli mode.

 

[selfbuilt]

Mainsteam graphics card are differentiated solely on basis of gaming performance these days - if you are not gaming, go for the least expensive PCIe card you can find. It will look exactly the same at the more expensive cards in 2D applications.

 

[MDE]

Go for the cheapest PCIe card you can find that isn't a TurboCache or Hyper Memory model. You can go for a cheaper motherboard also. If you need more SATA ports get a PCIe SATA card.