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Need Help Filling In The Blanks In My System Build

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PhotoPoko

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** I reposted this under General Hardware seems to be where it belongs, please reply there...

Hey All,
I'm planning to put together a new PC mainly (Say 80%) for Photoshop CC and Lightroom 5, and also occasionally for Autocad 2013 and some random video editing, of course I'll also use it for typical office applications and web browsing. I have no interest in Gaming.

I have some components already I plan to use and need help selecting the remaining pieces of the puzzle. I'm trying to put together a "Best Value" system, I'm not after the best of the best but I want a good strong performer with potential to upgraded further in the future.

Here's what I already have:
CASE: Corsair Carbide Series 200R Compact ATX Case
PS: Corsair RM Series 650 Watt ATX/EPS 80PLUS Gold-Certified Power Supply
CPU: i5 3570 (not "K") Ivy Bridge, LGA1155, 6M Cache, 3.4 GHZ.
RAM: 4x Samsung 2GB DDR3 1333 M378B5773DH0 (I plan to upgrade to 16GB and better later but for now I want to get running on this)
HD 1: 250 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA 3GB/S
MONITOR: ASUS 24" IPS ProArt PA248, 1920x1200

I need help selecting:
MOTHERBOARD
SSD (Maybe 2?)
GRAPHICS CARD (Considering a GTX 650 but want recommendations)

THANKS!!
 
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Try to find a MOBO that has USB 3.0 and Sata III ports, which is 6gbps. Once that is done, it would be better to buy a hard disk that is SATA III, currently you have selected sata2, though overall it would have slight difference. But USB 3 and SATA III are usually together.

For the programs you're planning to run, i seriously advise you purchasing a SSD. One is more than enough, 128 or 256 GB from samsung 840 pro or any other reliable brand.

For Graphics Card, purchase a good one from either Nvidia or AMD, which provides more hardware edge while using these programs. Generally AMD cards are better in DirectCompute and OpenCL tasks. I think Lightroom doesn't use OpenCL though. You have to do some digging on this.

I recently bought R9 280x because Photoshop uses OpenCL for some of its features, otherwise i would've gone with GTX 770.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1041?vs=1037
 
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