Spec Check Please!

[chriswatson196]

Trying to spec up a mid-highish range pc. It will be used for music production (Cubase, Reason & Ableton) and photo editing (PS CS4) as well as general word processing, browsing etc. No gaming though, well apart from the odd game of solitaire!

Intel CPU Core i5 2500K Unlocked Sandy Bridge Quad Core Processor OEM
CM8062300833803 - Intel Core i5 2500K Unlocked, 1155, Sandy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.3GHz, GPU 850Mhz, 6MB Cache, 95W, OEM

Sapphire HD 5750 Vapor X Graphics Card
11164-04-20R - 1GB Sapphire HD 5750 Vapor-X, PCI-E 2.1 (x16), 4640MHz GDDR5, GPU 710 MHz, 720 Cores, DL DVI, HDMI

Corsair Memory XMS3 4GB DDR3 1600 MHz CAS 9 XMP Dual Channel Desktop
CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 - 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.65V

Samsung 1Tb Spinpoint F3 Hard Drive - HDD
1TB Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ, OEM

Samsung SH-S223C/RSMS, 22x DVD±R, 8x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, x12 RAM, SATA, Retail

Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler
RR-B10-212P-GP - Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus, 4 Heat Pipes, with 120mm Quiet Fan LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3

Asus P8P67 Rev3 Intel P67 Express Socket 1155 Motherboard
P8P67 - Asus P8P67 Rev3, Intel P67, S1155, PCI-E 2.0 x16, DDR3 2200(OC), SATA 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, ATX

Corsair TX CMPSU-650TXUK 650W Power Supply (PSU)
650W Corsair CMPSU-650TXUK TX, 86% Eff', SLI/CrossFire, 37dB, EPS 12V, 120mm Quiet Fan, Single Rail
Delivered to you on Thursday 17th March 2011

Fractal Design Define R3, Black Pearl, Mid Tower Case w/o PSU
FD-DEFINER3-BL - Fractal Design Define R3, Black Pearl, Mid Tower Case w/o PSU

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM Operating System
GFC-00599 - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit, Operating System, Single, - OEM

Iiyama 22" LCD Monitor PLE2208HDS-B2
22" Iiyama PLE2208HDS-B2 Widescreen LCD, 1920x1080, 5ms

Logitech Pro 2000 Black Wireless Keyboard
920-001729 - Logitech Pro 2000 Cordless Keyboard, Black, 2.4GHz USB Receiver, for Business

Nexus SM-7000B
NX-SM-7000B - Nexus SM-7000B Silent Wireless Mouse with Nano USB Receiver

I have an external sound-card so that side of things is all covered.

Can any of you see or suggest any potential issues, better suited products or things I've missed I'm pretty new to this pc building lark.

Thanks

Chris

[David M]

I would change to this card...better support.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-352-_-Product

Or this card which also has good support and is overclocked a little.
Newegg.com - DIAMOND 5750PE51G Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

Increase to eight gigs of RAM. Media editing software can sometimes use quite a bit of RAM.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-279-_-Product

More reliable drive...
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Boxed, non-OEM, CPU's come with a cooler. You will not need an aftermarket CPU cooler unless you plan on overclocking or want a quieter cooler.

The monitor you selected only appears to be available in the UK. Is this where you are? Are you certain you want a really inexpensive monitor for photo editing? If it's in your budget you want an IPS (8-10 bit color) over a TN (6 bit) monitor. With a TN the color can vary radically with the viewing angle as well.

All the different flavors of Asus P8P67's are sold out right now at Newegg. Assuming you are in the UK, I see that Amazon UK has a number of Asus 1155 boards in stock. Any 1155 board will work with the CPU you selected.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_...d+1155&x=0&y=0