Quad Config Suggestions for Editing Machine

EDIT: OOPS - Meant to post this in FCP Forum, sorry!
Hi All,
Getting ready to order a Quad G5. Need some suggestions.
Regarding the three video card options... I will be editing (up to) 8- or 10-bit uncompressed video, doing some light titling and motion graphics, and DVD authoring.
What advantages (if any) does the QUADRO card provide in my situation? Would the mid level (7800 I think) card be sufficient? I don't plan on doing much heavy duty work with Motion, and I believe that FCP doesn't take advantage of advanced video cards for processing, so what is the advantage of the significantly higher priced card?
Also - what is suggested re: Hard Drives? Will internal and external SATA drives provide the throughput I need to capture and playback very high quality video (configged as a RAID I imagine)? As I mentioned, we'll be doing HDV as well as 8 or 10 bit uncompressed (although capturing lower res for offline editing)..
Thanks!!
Jason

Quad, 4.5 GB or more RAM, Decklink video card from BlackMagic Design, a X-Raid or a Sonnet 8 channel SATA PCI card and a external SATA enclosure like the MiniG.
HDforIndies.com is a good site to visit and learn more.
I'm not into video quite on this level, but the info should help.
(no comp for product/site mention)

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