I'm looking to build a new PC to get off this horrid Dell Laptop I'm on currently. It will be used for FFXI, Photoshop, Blender 3D modeling/animating/rendering, music editing, Microsoft Office programs, etc etc etc. I have 2 setups I'm looking at, would rather spend the least amount of money as I can.
Setup 1:
-Asus P8Z77-V PRO Intel Socket 1155 ATX Motherboard, Intel Z77 Chipset, Support Intel Ivy Bridge CPUs, Dual Channel DDR3, SATA RAID, PCI-E 3.0, USB 3.0, Gigabit LAN, Wi-Fi, 8ch Audio
-Intel Core i7-2700K 3.5GHz 32nm
-16GB DDR3 1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B
-1TB SATA 3.5in OEM Western Digital HDD
-Zalman CNPS10X Extreme CPU Cooler
-Cool Power CP-G1080 Gamer Series 1080W Power Supply
-Cooler Master HAF X Tower
-Plus some extra fans and generic Optical Drive
$1189.84
Setup 2:
-Asus P8H67-M PRO REV 3.0 Socket 1155 uATX Motherboard, Intel H67 (B3) Chipset, Supports Sandy Bridge Core i7/i5/i3 CPUs, Dual DDR3 1333, SATA 6.0Gb/s, USB 3.0
-Intel Core i7-2700K 3.5GHz 32nm
-8GM DDR3 1333 Corsair Dominator
-1TB SATA 3.5in OEM Western Digital HDD
-Zalman CNPS10X Extreme CPU Cooler
-Cool Power CP-G1080 Gamer Series 1080W Power Supply
-Cooler Master HAF X Tower
-Plus some extra rans and generic Optical Drive
$1014.87
I understand Setup 1 would be far superior to Setup 2, but for what I stated, would Setup 2 suffice? I'm also going with a GeForce GTX 560 Ti GPU but that's going to come later. I'm going to have to deal with LolIntel HD3000 Graphics until I can save up enough to get it the GTX.
Any suggested improvements? I'm looking to save money too, so top end $9k graphics card etc etc are out of the question. I love the case so that's not changing, and I'd prefer to have a blue theme inside (yea...I know...so sue me).
Thoughts???
