I need Pro for the XP support. The bluray burner is for quick backup of a massive amount of files and of course making bluray movies. I have done a lot of reading on the i7 processor and its been said to be the best bang for the buck and can be *easily* overclocked to 4.0ghz if needed. I think it also has an automatic overclocking function built in. This is the
dual core I am currently running. It can manage raw files without being so slow that it becomes annoying but it can't play the HD video smoothly at all.
What size power supply would you recommend?
I didn't list any hard drives because I am a little confused about that part. For storage I would like (2) 1TB HDDs to be setup in RAID 1? So that she doesn't lose all her images if the HDD fails. I didn't know if the OS should be on a faster small HD or what. I was looking at SSD's and I think at this point in time they are just too expensive for what they offer.