Need recommendation on $2300 workstation build.

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I'm asking this for a friend and would like to get some suggestions and recommendations.

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc

Workstation tasks, MS office, moderate Photoshopping, web browsing, watching HD movies, heavy multitasking at time.

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?

$2300, not including shipping and tax

3) Where do you live?

Southern CA, have Fry's and Microcenter near

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.

Everything except monitor, keyboard, mouse.

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.

Not reusing anything except monitor

6) Will you be overclocking?

Yes

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?

Already has 28" LCD (1920 x 1200)

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?

Within 2 weeks

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.

He would like to have Raid, eSATA, Firewire, and USB 3.0. Other than that, no need to crossfire or SLI since no games will be played.

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?

Will need Windows 7 Ultimate x64, which will be part of the $2300 budget.

There are some parts he would like to have as part of the build:

- Corsair 800D case ($230 at Microcenter and Newegg also has some combo deals)
- Blu-ray drive
- Mild overclocking so maybe a 3rd party CPU cooler will be needed
- TV tuner with remote so maybe something from Happauge
- Modular power supply.
- Futureproofing. Wants to last 4 to 5 years as a workstation.

Thank you for your time.

 

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GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD5 LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail and Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 - Retail Combo $559

2x CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX6GX3M3A1600C9 - Retail $160

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $100

XFX HD-567X-YNFC Radeon HD 5670 (Redwood) 512MB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card ... - Retail $100

OCZ Vertex Turbo OCZSSD2-1VTXT60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - Retail $240

LG Black 8X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Combo LG Blu-ray Reader & 16X LightScribe DVD±R DVD Burner - Retail $90

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 compatible RR-B10-212P-G1 120mm "heatpipe direct contact" Long life sleeve CPU Cooler - Retail $30

CORSAIR CMPSU-650HX 650W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail $120

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Gateway FX6831-01 Intel Core i7 860(2.80GHz) 8GB DDR3 1.5TB ATI Radeon HD 5850 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit - Retail $1300

Good option for pre-build