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[Build Help] This is pretty much what I have chosen. Suggestions?
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I have about $2500 to use on this. I mainly plan on using this for gaming, virtual machines(coding,secure environments, etc) and photo editing (photoshop) [in that order].

I chose the 3930K because it seems to be the best at much of the applications that are able to use multiple cores. Its performance in gaming however has led me to also consider the 3770K (which would change the build significantly). I'm not convinced one way or the other and could use some help.

The GTX 670 is not the one that's actually available, but I would like to get the best one wherever, but as I'm sure you guys know, it's out of stock everywhere...

Power supply is actually a Rosewill modular (still bronze, etc). Not sure what wattage I really need for this thing. I have small plans of possibly upgrading to dual SLI once more money becomes available.

Really, I'd like this configuration to last about 3-4 years stock but be able to get upgrades and still be relevant for maybe 5-6. I know that's hard to predict.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor $599.00 @ PCCaseGear
CPU Cooler Corsair H100 92.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $149.99 @ Mwave Australia
Motherboard Asus Sabertooth X79 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard $355.00 @ Scorptec
Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $159.00 @ Mwave Australia
Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $95.00 @ Mwave Australia
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card $529.00 @ Mwave Australia
Case Corsair 650D ATX Mid Tower Case $205.00 @ Mwave Australia
Power Supply Antec 900W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply $155.00 @ PCCaseGear
Optical Drive Sony BWU-500S Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer $229.30 @ Mwave Australia
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 3-Pack (64-bit) $99.00 @ Scorptec
Total
Prices include shipping and discounts when available. $2575.29
Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-05-25 00:12 EST 1000

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