Hi all,
Well, my 6-7 year old Sandy Bridge Core i5 2500k (overclocked) rig is starting to show its age (with dual nVidia 680's!), so it's time to start putting together the components for a new PC. I use it for the basics, as well as tons of photo editing (Photoshop, Lightroom), and gaming. My rough thoughts on a base spec are:
32Gb RAM
large SSD for boot drive and a small one for cache
A couple of big spinning disks for bulk storage
i7 CPU - 6 or 8 cores (or maybe i9, though the cost is nearly double for far less than double the performance)
high-end nVidia video card
I'm not wedded to Intel and nVidia - they're just what I'm used to - so I'm open to suggestions
Any thoughts on the above, and other components like coolers, case, power supply etc? I'll be buying the pieces in a couple of weeks.
Cheers,
AstronomerXI