oooh lots of the stuff are similar to what i have

i have SB Live! Plat 5.1 as well
not many ppl have the plat version like we do
although im only getting a bit of use out of the live bay

maxtors will be the first HDDs to die im guessing
thats true statistically

a new mobo and CPU thats worth getting now would be the 3200+ S939 on the Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP-939


S939 is a pretty new platform that is pretty much futureproof for the next 4 years or so

and this gigabyte board is one feature rich and stable board that will satisfy you if you dont overclock

but if you wait till early next year, nforce4 boards will be out into the retail market and with some bugs worked out, it will even be more futureproof with PCI-E

you dont have to worry about ethernet
and there will be plenty of USB 2.0 ports on the mobo too
up to 8 with PCI brackets or case frontal outputs
firewire will be included too (almost standard with decent mobos nowadays)


nice DVR-108 burner
also nice wacom tablet and hauppauge wintv pvr
why not get PVR-350?
hehehe

ram might have to go when you get a new CPU
because fsb will be 200MHz (before multiplier and hypertransport)
which is PC3200 after the "translation" into DDR
400MHz

as for graphics card
depends on PCI-E or not
if PCI-E, then NVIDIA 6600GT seems like a good card
but why not go with the quadro 4 professional stuff?
if you want one heck of performance card, X800 Pro should suffice video editting
X800XT would be an overkill

btw
X800 AIW is coming out!

just a note to stay clear of 6800 series from NVIDIA
has problems with MPEG2 encode
numerous articles about it can be digged up
lots on theinquirer.net
and some info on this forum

have you considered getting an WD Rapter 10000 rpm SATA drive?
74GB's price has dropped a bit
should be a must for hardcore video editting buffs
and since all new mobos (that arent the cheapies) have SATA now, its a good choice to make a switch too


oh not to forget PSU
needs a good quality and powerful PSU to power all these upgrades
enermax noisetaker 495?

newegg.com would be a good place to shop