$900 Build, High Performance Needed

I'm not exactly computer literate, which is why I'm asking here to make sure I'm getting appropriate components and whether I should upgrade or downgrade something.

Purchase Date: Within a week.

Everyday Usage: Animation with Adobe Flash and Maya/video editing, Internet, movies and music listening (I will usually be multitasking with three of those) (Also, while animating I will be using a Cintiq 21ux drawing tablet, I'm not sure if that will then count as "dual monitoring")

Budget: $900. I'm willing to go a little over that if necessary/worthwhile but I would prefer to keep it at that.

Parts not required: Monitor, speakers, keyboard, mouse.

Country of Origin: USA

Overclocking: Sure, why not?

Crossfire: Do not know what this is.

Resolution: 1440 by 900 for my main monitor, 1600 x 1200 for my drawing tablet.


Here's the configuration I have so far:


CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz Quad Core 8000K

CPU Fan: Intel Socket 1156/1155 CPU fan

Sandy Bridge Motherboard: MSI H61MU-E35, (B3), Onboard Video, DVI & HDMI, USB3.0, GB LAN

DDR3 Dual Channel memory: 8GB (2x4GB) PC10600 DDR3 1333 Dual Channel

PCI-Express Video cards: GeForce 210 1GB, PCI EXpress 16X dual head, HDMI

Hard Drive: 500.0 GB Western Digital 7200RPM SATA2 UDMA 300 16m cache

Hard Drive Fan: Hard Drive Cooling Fan Aluminum Internal

Media Card Reader: All-in-One Memory Card Reader Internal Black

DVD Recorder: LG 24x SATA DVD Recorder +R/RW -R/RW

Sound Card: Realtek HD digital audio (onboard)

Network Cards: Ethernet network adapter (onboard)

Case: PowMax Black Mid Tower ATX Case w/ Front USB

Case Fan: Case Fan 80 mm DC fan

Power Supply: Antec Basiq 500w Extra Quiet ATX Power Supply w/ 6pin PCI-E

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit DVD w/SP1

Total price: $907

I'm using this to buy a "custom built" PC (you can scroll down there to see details on any of the components and what other options they offer). I'm going that route since I've never built a PC on my own before and frankly don't trust myself to do that.


I'm sure there's something in my configuration that needs to be changed, but yeah, does this look good for my needs? I read here that overclocking the Intel 2500k still provides very strong performance, and that would save me $100 so I'm wondering about that.