MacPro 3,1 (early 2008) - upgrade suggestion for FCP X

MacPro 3,1 (early 2008)
2x 2.8Ghz Quad-Core
GeForce 8800GT
500GB (int hd) / 8GB (ram)
10.6.8
Will be installing FCP X, Motion and Compressor to work on various video projects in coming weeks, and want to upgrade to prepare for data storage and memory.  Mostly 1080p/720p footages, motion graphics, photoshop work, etc.
Looked through OWC, and want to know if below choices are good for my needs.
Seagate 2.0TB / SATA 6.0Gb/s / 7200RPM / 64MB Cache (x2 of these for 4TB.. for video storage)
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Seagate/ST2000DM001/
4.0GB OWC Memory 2x 2.0 GB Matched Set PC6400 / DDR2 ECC / 800MHz 240 pin  (x2 of these for 8GB.. so Total 16GB)
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/64FB2MPK04GB/
Will these be sufficient for High Def video edits?
Are these compatibel with MacPro 3,1?
Thanks in advance~

I have Mac Pro 1,1 (2006) I bought  NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT on EBay and it works great. I guess yours is first generation http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-2006-2007-Apple-Mac-Pro-nVidia-GeForce-8800GT-512MB- Video-Graphics-Card-/270853036314?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%2 6its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D5%26pmod%3D160544871829%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D63 94630316659221609#ht_3616wt_1141

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