^ I was thinking the same thing.
Do you absolutely have to have a desktop before August? Rather than building a Sandy Bridge system in April that will be crushed by a similarly-priced 2011 system four months later, what about buying a much less expensive LGA1366 system from the sell/trade...
^ What he said.
Other option:
- Sell all but the 2TB drive on Craigslist
- Use craigslist money to buy the best SSD you can afford for OS/Programs
- Use 2TB drive as storage.
If your video editing data is exceptionally important, you can buy another 2TB drive to mirror the one you...