Probably the wrong place for this...

[MLeeK]

You might go to a Frys and tell a salesman what you are doing and your budget. They can fill a cart with a case, graphics card, power supply, mother board and processor and have the service dept assemble... Cost me $59 for assembly. Can be REALLY cost effective. Freq, you need a big power supply because of graphics card and that knocks out all the pre-builts. I did this last time, will have them upgrade my motherboard and processor soon. JD

There's no Fry's within two days of me. Fry's is a western US thing. It's creeped into some of the southern states, but I am not driving 2 days to get there.

 

[MLeeK]

Ok here is the components:

i7 ivy bridge CPU
Asus Z77 LGA 1155 motherboard
16 gigs DD3 1600
240 gig SSD
2 x 1 tb 7200 RPM HD
AMD HD 7770 graphics card

This system will destroy ANY editing program you touch it with.

Ok. Got it. WHY? Why those components and what do they do in relation to what I need?

 

[DScience]

Ok here is the components:

i7 ivy bridge CPU
Asus Z77 LGA 1155 motherboard
16 gigs DD3 1600
240 gig SSD
2 x 1 tb 7200 RPM HD
AMD HD 7770 graphics card

This system will destroy ANY editing program you touch it with.

Ok. Got it. WHY? Why those components and what do they do in relation to what I need?

The ivy bridge is intels newest processor, and is sickly fast. It will last you a while. That motherboard is one if the fastest. You want at least 16 gigs of ram for photo editing. The SSD will allow everything to open and run ultra fast, but the larger hard drives give you the storage needs. Graphics card will make your comp just a beast!