Web Developer System ~ $1000

[BluePowder]

Looking to purchase within the next day or two.

Our company is looking to switch from Dell systems to in-house built systems for our web developers. So I am putting together a couple of systems to see how it looks on paper value wise.

Adobe CS5.5 will be used extensively, primarily Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator and Flash. Eclipse and Zend will also be used quite a lot.

I'd love to get some feedback on these two options. Is everything compatible? I pieced these systems together from info here at Tom's Hardware and also Newegg's DIY systems, but obviously changed to suite web development rather than gaming. Any other suggestions?

System 1 - i7 2600k
CPU i7 314.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070
M/B ASUS P8Z68-V 179.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131729
RAM G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB 109.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231315
SSD 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G 109.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227550
P/S 119.99 Thermaltake Toughpower XT TPX-675M http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153126
DVD-R 18.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
CASE COOLER MASTER ELITE 335 RC-335-KKN1-GP 49.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119161
WIN764bit PRO 134.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116992
GPU 114.99 HD 6770 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102940
Keyboard/Mouse 22.98 http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.730694
Total $1176.85

System 2 - i5 2500k
CPU i5 2500k 219 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
M/B EVGA P67 SLI Micro 149 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188081&Tpk=EVGA%20P67%20Micro%20SLI
RAM G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB 109.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231315
SSD 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G 109.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028&Tpk=Corsair%20CX600%20V2%20600%20W
P/S CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 69 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028&Tpk=Corsair%20CX600%20V2%20600%20W
DVD-R 18.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
CASE 54.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119118
WIN7 64 PRO 134.95 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116992
GPU HD 6770 114 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102940
Keyboard/Mouse 22.98 http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.730694
Total $1002.89

Thanks.

 

[ervinelim]

The i7-2600k will always be better than the i5-2500k.

 

[BluePowder]

I understand the biggest different between the i5 2500k and i7 2600k is hyperthreading. I know there are several processes in CS5 applications that use hyperthreading, but I don't know if it makes a significant difference? I believe that Eclipse/Zend don't use hyperthreading.

I could get an extra 23" monitor if I didn't really need that i7 for my application.