New development/CAD build -- last check, please help!

jholl

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Ready to pull the trigger... know I'd probably be wasting money with some of these though but don't know where to cut back. Please help!

Approximate Purchase Date: This week
Budget Range: $1200-1400
System Usage from Most to Least Important:
Development: Visual Studio 2010, Eclipse
CAD: SolidWorks, AutoCAD
Photo editing: Photoshop CS5
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor (sourcing later), speakers, OS (Win7 64bit)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: 2 at 1920x1080

What I have planned so far:

CPU:
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I72600K, $314.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070

Mobo:
GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3P LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard, $179.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128506&Tpk=GIGABYTE%20GA-Z68XP-UD3P

RAM:
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL, $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231468

SSD:
Corsair Force CSSD-F115GB2-BRKT-A 2.5" 115GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD), $159.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233160

HDDs:
2 x SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive, 2 x $59.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&Tpk=samsung%20spinpoint%20f3%201tb

Video card:
GIGABYTE GV-N56GOC-1GI GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card, $184.99 - 20.00 mir
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125383

Case: Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, $169.99 - 10.00 mir
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139005

Power supply: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply, $104.99 - 10.00 mir
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021&Tpk=Corsair%20Enthusiast%20Series%20TX750

Optical drive:
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM, $20.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

Total -- $1356 before rebates


Does this look reasonable/ridiculous for what I'm doing?
Any help greatly appreciated!