Hey guys, I've usually done pretty well with older hardware, it usually does everything that I'd like for it to do. I'm not into high-powered games (I used to play Quake III every once in a while) but I've found one thing that I need a more powerful computer to do: capture video from my digital video camera. I have been thinking of upgrading my secondary PC with a new motherboard and processor so I can use it to capture video and write out VCDs or DVDs.

My secondary PC is a NCR 3272 minitower with a Pentium II 350mhz processor. I haven't done a ton of stuff with hardware upgrades except for HD and memory upgrades, so I have a few questions:

1. How do I identify the type of motherboard that will fit into this case? I think it's an ATX form factor, but is there a way for me to tell for sure?

2. What would be the most cost-effective path for me to achieve my goal of capturing digital video and writing VCDs/DVDs? What processor class should I be looking at, and what socket type, etc. I am not biased towards any one type of processor, I just need it to do what I want it to do. Are there any popular processor/mobo combinations that I should be researching?

3. What are the integration issues I will run into? Any advice on avoiding common gotchas?

Thanks!