Budget 2D Design, Animation build

[nvercrst]

Hi everyone!

I am a college student at an art and design school, I will be graduating soon and am looking at building a PC to replace my aging laptop.

I mostly do 2D animation and compositing in After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator. I also do a lot of digital painting. I have read that the 8150 is great for After Effects, and the extra RAM is for Photoshop. Do you guys think the power supply is enough? Or would I need more? Also, I have hard drives, optical dives and all the other stuff missing from the build. Any input would be really appreciated. Thanks!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8150 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($89.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair XMS 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB Video Card ($148.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill Blackbone ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $553.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-18 09:56 EST-0500)

 

[butremor]

first off. fx 8150 is not that great older gen cpu, i'd advise to get at least fx8320
secondly if your budget allows try to get 1600mhz ram

 

[nvercrst]

Hey thanks! Micro Center was having a President's day sale, and had the 8350 for $179 so I picked that up along with some 1600 MHZ RAM.

 

[nvercrst]

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