Yep it's that time again and I need a new PC.

I looked at Macs but to get one that will do what I need it to do it is going to be far more money than a PC would cost so fuck Mac in the ear with a stale penis.

OK that said what I need is...

Enough power and RAM to operate Image editing software (PS) Audio editing software (Reason), and video editing software without having to reboot every couple hours.

this is not a gaming rig and I do not want to spend more than $1000 on it total because it isn't worth that much to me...sub1k mark is the goal and preferrably biggest bang for buck factor. If I have to buy a comp and upgrade the vid card I am good with that too.

So come on geek squad point me in the direction I need to be in and I would also prefer if the comp was backwards compatible to run XP...I still don't want Vista anywhere near me if I can possibly avoid it.