Building a workstation

John Dotts

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Hey guys, I am an impoverished student who is dire need of new computer! unfortunately I need this computer to run some fairly intensive stuff. I use 3ds max, Maya, and Photoshop and illustrator among others it would be great if I could run a few of these at the same time! Plus I produce allot of fairly high resolution large scale presentation work and i need something capable of rendering in a reasonable period I am thinking of building this myself but I am a complete novice here is what I have come up with.

1 lian li PC-V2120 @ 350
2 Intel Xeon X5660 Six Core 2.8GHz Processors @ 740 euros each
1 Intel® Workstation Board S5520SC @ 260
12GB RAM (Crucial 2GB, 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-10600)
Registered & ECC @47 per 2gig stick
1 intel Intel 120GB 320 Series MLC 2.5" 25nm SATA-300 9.5mm SSD @ 195
2 Toshiba 1TB MK1001TRKB SAS-D NL 7200RPM 3.5" 16MB harddrives @128 per drive
1 PNY Quadro 2000 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0 x16 DVI-I @ 454
1 optical drive @50
1 psu (need some help with this one)

Well thats the idea, would appreciate any advice or input
is this excessive? not excessive enough? should i consider other vendors for mobos and processors? is the nvidia the right choice for a graphics card? what kind of psu is right here? and finally amt I missing anything? thanks in advance for any help chaps