What kind of specs should I put in a software engineer's computer?

[Ghost_Me]

What would be the most important aspects? I figured CPU and RAM, so probably an i7-3770K and 16GB RAM. What else should I pay attention to, and are those good components?

 

[manofchalk]

Dont make multiple threads with the same question.

I suggest filling this out and putting it in your other thread, it will give us the info we need to be able to help you.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/353572-31-build-upgrade-advice