MacPro suggestions

hello All,
I am going to be upgrading my G5 to a new MacPro and would appreciate some suggestions as to configuration. I shoot HD footage mostly DVCPRO HD and do a lot of compression for the web as well as DVD. Right now, I view footage via firewire to my Sony broadcast monitor. I realize that workflow may not be future proof since I may not always be using DVCPRO HD.
Which core, 8 or 12? Which graphics card ATI Radeon 5770 or 5870. Also, I have a CalDigit drive set up as a raid 0 for my capture scratch. That works but is there an advantage to having internal raid drives and if so, do i need that expensive Raid controller apple sells for $700??? Lots of question, I know...but it is a big purchase and I would like to hear what configs others have and what the recommendations would be. Thanks in advance.

If you click on the "Nahlem" MacPro, an upgrade option to a 6-Core 3.33Ghz if available there. A big confusing I know. Thats what we decided on. That does limit you to 16gb of RAM, we have maxed that out and find it more than enough for FCS, of which FCP can only utilise a small amount.
Forgot to mention we went for OWC Mercury SSD drives, not for cost, although they are cheaper but for reliability:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/internalstorage/Mercury_Extreme_SSD_Sandforce/Solid_StatePro
With the money saved from the processor (and SSD if you don't require) the Matrox hardware is the biggest time and money saver. Real time + processing for h.264 is great for us, it isn't a graphics card as such more of a dedicated piece of hardware for interfacing with equipment such as your bc-monitor or VTR. One of the added benefits is that it handles the encoding of video along with your CPU, not GPU (graphics card).
The faster GPU enable us to work in Motion faster and with less hassle than before, if you work in Motion, or with GPU support enabled in AE or PS then go with the bigger card. If not the 5770 will be more than enough.
We went Apple internal RAID because we got a good deal including support form Apple if anything goes wrong. Sadly not used the mini, I would recommend the PCIe CompressHD for pure h264 encoding. If you want pro connectivity the LE is the starting point, the mini offers HDMI for a prosumer output.

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