New system needed for Photoshop and lightroom

The1nonly1

The1nonly1

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Looking for to build a Turbo Nutter pc for Photoshop & Lightroom; interested in:

CPU - i5 2500k
RAM - 16Gb (any point overclocking cpu if using 16Gb?)
Motherboard - to match above
Video - 1Gb or 2GB, but must have good GPU to use PS's 3D and video
HDD - 500gb for storage (poss 1Tb, but already have a NAS drive for main storage)
SSD - 2x, 1 for the OS, and 1 for PS scratch disk so prob only need 2x 60Gb
PSU - 500w?
CPU Cooler - necessary? or not?
DVD RW - blu-ray not needed
Case - noise baffled

Budget around £750-£800

Dont need a monitor, OS or kb + m
 
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not going to fit a 1tb in the budget with 2x ssd without compramising heavily, 1tb is £100+ these days. don't know why people still think 4 ram sticks effect the oc, they don't in sandybridge.

psu http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-117-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat= 'headroom' for future upgrade etc

hdd http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-081-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940

cpu cooler yes if you plan on overclocking http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-GD&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

mb http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-364-GI

graphics card http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-247-AS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=

ram http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-112-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

dvdrw http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-075-PO&groupid=701&catid=10&subcat=

thats almost £700 with the i2500k reatil(£168) before case & ssd, thats due to the price of the hdd(£90 which is like what 3tb was just last month)
 
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