Building a new Desktop and would love some advice.

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My computer is a part of my soul.
I use it, of course, for social internet.
I have all of my DVDs ripped and stored on a drive which I watch through XBMC.
I do a fair amount of Photoshop for large pieces of art (28x40 at 300dpi). And of course a light bit of gaming. I really dont push OC for anything, but the room that the computer is in gets REALLY hot in the summer... so finding a way to keep it cool is a must (but Ive never used water cooled before so Id like to avoid it and that means some quality air flow is important.)

I'm currently looking at this build:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JhQqrH

I'd love some feed back, as I've way overbuilt this thing. I need to scale back some but Im not trying to build it for pennies either. Would love to get your ideas of where to make changes that are more in line with how I'll be using it.
 
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If you look at the chart though the 8350 finished their test and took 26% longer than i5-4430 or i5-3470. The 8320 should come in right about where an i3-4330 would sit, and these options would all be upgradable to an i7 in a couple of years if you chose that route.

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For Photoshop I would avoid AMD, you would think all those cores it would work really well but it seems to perform terribly compared to Intel's offering. Though the opposite is true if you were mostly doing Handbrake H.264 encoding or something along that line. (Take a look at this bencmark chart: http://us.hardware.info/reviews/5446/12/intel-core-i7-4790k--i5-4690k-devils-canyon-review-haswell-for-overclockers!-benchmarks-igpu-adobe-photoshop-cs6 )

Personally I wouldn't go with a TN panel if you are concerned at all about colour accuracy or clarity. I'd look for something in the MVA/PVA/IPS panels instead, but generally those will be more expensive. I guess this really depends on if you care about gaming and response times over colour accuracy.

I'm not really sure why you have a 1080p 32" monitor and also a 1080p 24-ish inch... must have some sort of plan there, but it seems like a pretty odd combo to me. I would probably look for a 1440p monitor and a 1080 one so that you actually get more screen space on one over the other than just physical size.

You shouldn't need anywhere near that many fans, or a power supply that large, an SSD would make you machine feel nice and snappy (even if it's just a cache drive). Just how hot does your room get in the summer, like 50c or something?

 
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opps... the 32" monitor was just something I was looking at and didnt realize it was still there. Deleted that.
The room can hit about 30c or so. It's a small room without any cooling units except a fan in the window. :\

I've startsed to look at Intel i7s and such and taking it that route... but even tho I plan to buy in pieces as I can afford them and assemble the comp when I can, the $300+ price tag on the i7s is a bit of of a chunk that I was hoping for.
 
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If you look at the chart though the 8350 finished their test and took 26% longer than i5-4430 or i5-3470. The 8320 should come in right about where an i3-4330 would sit, and these options would all be upgradable to an i7 in a couple of years if you chose that route.

If you went with something like cheaper RAM and a slightly cheaper board you could get a 4690k and have a pretty similarly priced machine. You could get a more normal case and a cheaper PSU plus swap out for a 212 Evo cooler too and probably shave off a few dollars and still have a better performing machine for Photoshop.

The web browsing and video watching will run on anything, so it really comes down to just Photoshop and gaming and the i5 will be far better for gaming and a good deal faster in Photoshop and can be near the same price with just tweaking a few parts around.
 
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