I think the Quaddro is out of the question, at this point. My friend is still in High School, he isn't going to be doing any huge projects. We are also trying to keep it under 1300 dollars. Now I agree, 4+ GBs of ram and a Quaddro would make up the ideal video editing machine but this is very amature. I really should of included all this information in my first post.
Noobzor - Good thinking. We forgot all about the keyboard.
Sprooty - Think I can get away with a X2 3800? That is going to make it a lot more money. Which motherboard would you recommend then? Abit? Asus? There will be no overclocking.