My 1230v2 editing/gaming rig

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I am selling my current pc and building another with a little more oomph. I will be ripping blu rays/converting them to an another format, video editing, programming, and some gaming.

I will run two 1080p monitors but will only be gaming on one, will the 7870 ghz be able to handle most games on high or ultra settings?

I have 8 GB's of RAM, will this be enough for video editing and converting big files(movies?)

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[b]CPU:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80637e31230v2]Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor[/url] ($232.98 @ SuperBiiz)

[b]Motherboard:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-z77ag45]MSI Z77A-G45 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard[/url] ($114.98 @ SuperBiiz)

[b]Memory:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-blt2kit4g3d1869dt1tx0]Crucial Ballistix 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory[/url] ($48.99 @ Newegg)

[b]Storage:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex]Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive[/url] ($69.99 @ NCIX US)

[b]Video Card:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-fx787acdbc]XFX Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card[/url] ($239.99 @ Newegg)

[b]Case:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-phan001wt]NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case[/url] ($89.99 @ TigerDirect)

[b]Power Supply:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx600m]Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply[/url] ($65.98 @ Newegg)

[b]Optical Drive:[/b] [url=http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-optical-drive-drw24b1stblkbas]Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer[/url] ($19.99 @ Newegg)

[b]Total:[/b] $882.89

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I would say go with a I7 3770k over that Xeon if you are going to be doing gaming alot and they are great for editing because of HT.

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I would say the i7 with a nvidia card because editing programs like adobe can use it.  if you are not using adobe it doesnt matter but you might also want 16gb of ram and another harddrive.  

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The 1230v2 is essentially an i7-3770k without overclocking ability or integrated graphics. 

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I already have a 120gb SSD that will go into this system. I will add more HDD's later. I will probably go with 16gb of RAM though.