What's a good PC for editing HD video?

I just bought a Canon HV-20 high-definition camcorder. What are the specs I should look for in a new PC that will handle the high definition video?



CPU? Dual or Quad?

Memory? 2GB? 3GB? More?

Video card?

Hard disk space?

Video editing software?



I tried this on a P4 3.2GHz HT CPU, 6800GS video, 1GB memory running XP SP2. The video lagged a lot during editing.



Any and all help would be appreciated.|||CPU: AMD 9500 Agena = $189

Motherboard: Asus M3A 770= $90

HDD: Seagate 500GB/32mb cache = $120

DVD Burner = $25

GPU: HD 2600 Pro = $55

Thermaltake Purepower 500W = $40

Casing: Raidmax Smilidon = $60

RAMs = 4GB (2 X 2) A Data RAMS = $80

Operating System : Vista Home Premium 64 bit = $110

Total = $769|||CPU - Acer-Intel Celeron Processor-AMD with windows VISTA.

Memory - 4 GB.

1 GB Video Crad NVidia Latest.

120 GB HDD.

Video Editor - PowerDirector

http://video-editing-software-review.top…|||The faster the processors, and the more ram, the better.



Get a Mac Pro.|||Macbook Pro 17"