Looking to build a budget Autocad, Revit, Photoshop, Solidworks PC

Swiss44

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Hi, I am looking to build a PC for my gf who is studying drafting and needs a PC at home for her work. I used to build PCs and work on them but I have been out of the loop for too long (1998-99)

Here is what I have. Please help me save money if possible or improve my system, PC parts picker says everything is compatible.

Case - Antec, ATX, for twin fans, no model in particular, no need for neons
PW Supply - Antec Earthwatts EA-650 Green 650W
Motherboard - Asus LGA 1155 ATX P8Z77 ws
Processor - Intel I7 quad core 3770K CPU
CPU cooler - Antec Kuhler H20 650 120mm
Fans - Corsair dual 120mm fans AF120 quiet
Memory - Kingston Hyper X Fury 16GB (2x8gb)
Hard drives - Samsung EVO 840 120GB SSD
Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3 TB
Video Card - EVGA Geforce GTX 750
Sound card - Creative Sound Blaster 5.1
Network Card - Dlink wired networking
CD ROM - Asus Bluray/DVD/CDrom 12X
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

I am in Canada (Quebec) and I can have this system for around $2K, looking for opinions, comments
 

Diox55

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($569.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme6 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($214.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($164.99 @ TigerDirect)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($118.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 265 2GB Video Card ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Antec P280 ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Platinum 650W 80+ Platinum Certified ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus BW-16D1HT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($139.99 @ NCIX US)
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Z 30SB150200000 OEM 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card ($83.95 @ B&H)
Total: $1807.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-21 21:16 EDT-0400

Excuse my craziness here, but here's the 3930k, with 12 cores (6 physical, 6 virtual), and 16 gigs of ram, and r7 265, which was released as a competitor to the 750 and 750 ti. It whoops the 750.
 
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