Input on new build

[Niege]

I'm putting together a new rig to replace a five year old Acer. I want this to last at least as long for my main needs: photo editing (80&#37, browsing, office apps, and little or no gaming.

I will be reusing my keyboard, mouse, speakers, and one HD, a 1 Tb Samsung F3. I also have one eSATA external 1Tb drive and several other USB2.0 external drives.

My main needs are for speed in Photoshop CS5, Nikon CaptureNX2, and BOINC (TeAm Anandtech). And as quiet as I can possibly get within the range of these components.

I hope to order the system in the next several days.

Antec 300
Antec True Power TP 650
Asus P6X58D-E 1366
i7-930
Scythe Mugen-2 Rv.B cooler
12G Corsair XMS DDR3 1600
Gigabyte Radeon HD 5750 1GB (need dual DVI)
1TB Samsung SpinPoint F3 (for RAID 1 with my reused F3)
Sony AD-7261S 24x Dual Layer w/Lightscribe
Rosewill RCR-IM75-1 Card reader w 3-USB 2.0 and eSata
W7 Home Premium 64-bit

I might overclock this some, but not extremely as I want stability and for the system to last quite a while.

Please let me know what you think. Thanks!

 

[mfenn]

Did you mean the P6X58D-E?

Anyway, I don't really see the need to go with X58 for this build. You can grab and i7 870 and a GA-P55A-UD3 for about $100 less total cost. The 870 will be faster at stock, especially when you take Turbo Boost into account. With that $100 you save, you can get 4 of these G.Skill 4GB DDR3 1333 sticks and have 16GB of RAM.

Everything else looks fine though.

EDIT: I would also strongly urge you to use that 1TB eSATA drive as part of an automated backup solution.

 

[Sp12]

I'd advise against the 5750 as it's not a superb price/performance part, nor does it have stellar performance.

I think a 1GB nvidia 460 would better suit your needs, as it's faster (would give you more time with playability, dual DVI), but also brings CUDA acceleration to the table. While CS5 doesn't use it a lot, GPU acceleration will only become more relevant as time goes on.

I definitely advise you to go with a P55 or AMD x6 platform. I would also consider adding an SSD at some future date, as that's a VERY noticable performance booster.

And AMD x6 platform would involve a 870A and a 1055t, which is about 130$ cheaper than an 870, but would have lower performance in non-threaded apps.