Thanks for all the replies/help/suggestions.
Here is what I have come up with:
After some research (re Photoshop) it seems I am best off with a CUDA enabled graphics card which means nvidia; the EVGA 570 seems like a good balance of performance and price for my needs.
I've saved some money on the RAM by getting Kingston instead of Corsair.
I'm not bothered about future proofing for ivybridge-e, In 3-4 years I'll completely review my needs and prob build a new system and who knows what'll be kicking about then, hence keeping the motherboard cheap but hopefully very capable.
I'm thinking of just adding one more fan to the r3 as an intake and hoping that will be more than sufficient cooling.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £274.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 570 Classified 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £239.99
1 x Sandisk Extreme SSD 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDX-240G-G25) £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
2 x Kingston Blu 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C10D3B1K2/16G) £99.95 (£199.90)
1 x Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Arctic White £79.99
1 x OCZ ZT 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £72.98
Total : £1,236.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).
Thanks for all the replies/help/suggestions.
Here is what I have come up with:
After some research (re Photoshop) it seems I am best off with a CUDA enabled graphics card which means nvidia; the EVGA 570 seems like a good balance of performance and price for my needs.
I've saved some money on the RAM by getting Kingston instead of Corsair.
I'm not bothered about future proofing for ivybridge-e, In 3-4 years I'll completely review my needs and prob build a new system and who knows what'll be kicking about then, hence keeping the motherboard cheap but hopefully very capable.
I'm thinking of just adding one more fan to the r3 as an intake and hoping that will be more than sufficient cooling.
YOUR BASKET
1 x intel core i7-3770k 3.50ghz (ivybridge) socket lga1155 processor (77w) - retail £274.99
1 x evga geforce gtx 570 classified 1280mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £239.99
1 x sandisk extreme ssd 240gb 2.5" sata 6gb/s solid state hard drive - (sdssdx-240g-g25) £161.99
1 x gigabyte z77x-d3h intel z77 (socket 1155) ddr3 motherboard £109.99
2 x kingston blu 16gb (2x8gb) ddr3 pc3-12800c10 1600mhz dual channel kit (khx1600c10d3b1k2/16g) £99.95 (£199.90)
1 x fractal design define r3 midi tower case - arctic white £79.99
1 x ocz zt 650w '80 plus bronze' modular power supply £79.99
1 x noctua nh-d14 dual radiator cpu cooler (socket lga1366/lga1156/lga1155/lga775/am2/am2) £72.98
total : £1,236.32 (includes shipping : £13.75).
