CPU advice and spec for new build

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Hi,

I am planning on building a new PC soon and would like some advice on the CPU to choose.

Initially I thought to go for an i7 Haswell but after searching the forum I am wondering if this maybe overkill!

I would like to build a Win7 or 8 machine for general office use and I would like

Fast boot time
Office and Photoshop use and limited video editing and CAD
twin monitor support (three would be great but not essential)

I have two machines at present an AMD Athlon 64 X" 4400+ running XP (which is really slow booting and opening programs) , The other a Core 2 Quad 8400 running Win 7 seems to be reasonably fast , which makes me wonder what benefit an i7 would make

Thanks in advance

Ian

 

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Thanks guys,

Sorry forgot budget, but I was thinking in the £650 - £750 range

Will the MSI motherboard onboard graphics support three monitors with the old type connector (I think it is the blue vga type)?

I have a new Corsair Reactor 60gb SSD . Could I use this or would it be to small for the boot drive ?

Thanks