System build: A few Adobe-friendly pieces

[LanceM]

It's time to build a new PC. 99% of my intensive PC time is spent in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

It's been three years since my last build, so I'm pretty out of the loop. The remaining parts I need to order are hdd, processor, motherboard, case, power supply, and ram.

A little while ago I was looking around at the following components, but they're probably out of date by now:

Antec Performance One P180B
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB
CORSAIR CMPSU-620HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 620W
OCZ Flex XLC 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
EVGA 122-CK-NF63-TR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield (I am aware of the upcoming price cuts, but I may have to order this weekend)

Currently at the Egg, these come out to ~$1210. With these six components, I'd like to stay under $1400.

Any thoughts? I'm sure someone at least has a comment on motherboard or ram (which I'll upgrade to 4GB whenever Vista x64 is ready for me). Thanks for any help you can provide!

 

[LOUISSSSS]

4gb of cheaper ram...

 

[bamacre]

Dump that motherboard and get one with an Intel chipset.

What video card will you be running? I see "99% of my intensive PC time is spent in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign," and I don't see any gaming.

If no gaming, then you certainly don't need a 620W Corsair PSU.

I also agree on the memory, 4GB of DDR2 667 on the cheap...
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/...p?ProductCode=85016-16
... especially if you are not going to OC. But even so, you can get a mild OC with that memory.

 

[Azimuth40]

Unless it has changed with CS3 Photoshop will chastise you for not having two physical disk drives. I do so I cant tell. Swap file is moved to the second drive as recommended by Adobe.

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[betasub]

SLi motherboard -why?

 

[Howard]

8GB of memory if at all possible, especially since you'll be moving to Vista. 4GB minimum - it's cheap enough.

You want more storage space. 320GB isn't enough, especially if you "download".

If you want a quiet case, go with the P182.

PSU is fine.