Best PC for under $400? Please help!!

[Nethervue]

Howdy fellers! I have a small budget for a second PC, used mainly for converting video (x.264), video editing, office, internet, downloads, etc. No gaming. I have a $100 gift card from FS, so this one at $399.99 ($299.99 with free gift card) looks interesting. I already have a PCI Express video card and an Antec 550 watt power supply I can use in this system.

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...gon=&langid=EN

Can I get some feedback please?

Thanks

[skewed]

Looks like a winner to me. For what you are going to be using it for, it is perfect and over the top. You'll need a better video card if and only if you dabble in the 3d world with games. The nice thing about pre-built brand PC's is that they are generally fairly quiet which is a good thing.

[Nethervue]

Thanks! Think I'm going to pull the trigger on it..no one else is saying "DON'T DO IT!!!"

[s2k]

Thanks! Think I'm going to pull the trigger on it..no one else is saying "DON'T DO IT!!!"

Did you confirm if it takes a standard PS? Not sure if the HPs do or not, I'd like to know as well but many systems like this sometimes use proprietary PSs.