First time building in awhile - $1400

[sotu]

Hi everyone!

I am a programmer, graphic designer, and music producer. As such I use Visual Studio 2010 extensively, Adobe CS5 suite, and Ableton for music production. This is about the extent of my abilities on a PC and I dont game at all.

That being said, I could really use some help with a my new PC build. I need a solid intel based PC in the 1400 range (I could go up a bit if necessary)

I was thinking i5-2500k with matching p67 mobo and whatever graphics card is hot right now?

Does anyone have a build that sounds like a good match for me and can just send over all the parts here I will be purchasing this week but I could wait if there was a reason to.

Thanks!

 

[sotu]

awesome link, thanks gto930

 

[gto930]

as striker said earlier, it may be worth it to wait a bit and see how AMD's bulldozer zambezi cpus are like

if early reports are true, their octacore can stand up to intels 990x. i would guess their hexacore would be in the 2600k's price range with comparable performance.

if this is the case, considering the workload u have in mind (production instead of gaming), i would guess a hexacore would be better because u can probably make good use of the additional (physical) cores. 6 cores VS. 4cores+HyperThreading....i dunno, but if Nothing else, this may force intel to drop prices...possibly?

oh and the extra money is def. worth it for the IPS monitor. if u didnt want to spend a ton extra for 2 IPS, u could get 1 and use it strictly for graphics, and use a cheaper TFT 2nd monitor for everything else. interestingly, my photographer friend tells me that even with IPS monitors, they regularly replace them since they lose effectiveness after a yr or 2 (all lcd's in general). and they color calibrate every few weeks. BUT i'm sure none of us are that hardcore....i'm not about to throw out the 4 yr old lcd that i have. my Non-Professional-Photographer eyes dont notice a difference.

 

[sotu]

sorry to bring back a solved topic but question, should i looking at this video card instead of the gtx 570?

SAPPHIRE 100312SR Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

 

[striker410]

a 570 is more powerful than a 6950. Also, the GTX 570 has technology that you may need, this was linked earlier: http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/tech-specs.html You need a 570 for GPU acceleration in Premiere, and I think a few other apps require it too.