Hi,
I had posted here before and got a lot of great advice on building my first rig.
The backstory is I'm an architect looking for a system that will handle CS5 Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro X (often with very large CPU workloads from big Illustrator files), AutoCad, 3dsMax (relativity small render resolutions,all still), SketchUp with the occasional bit of Premier Pro. Windows 7 is only option for OS although I have tried to keep the Hackintosh option open. A wide range of software, I know, but this is the nature of my job.
Going on the advice I've gotten here and elsewhere I'm looking at this build
Intel Core i5-2500k 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CP-368-IN
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MB-054-AK
Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=HD-021-CS
Asus GeForce GTX 550Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=GX-265-AS
Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUKV2)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CA-048-CS
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CA-101-AN
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MY-094-KS
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=HS-035-AR
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=AC-000-AC
I have my own monitors and HDDs lying around for storage so they are not.
The system will never be used for gaming but I do plan on overclocking the 2500k.
If anybody could offer advice if I've got overkill, leaving aspects out etc, I would really appreciate it?
May not buy it all from overclockersUK but I can do a bit more shopping around once I have a final shopping list.