Is this a good CPU setup for Revit 2012?

[cwgatti]

Genuine Windows 7 Professional [64-bit]	edit
Processor	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 quad-core processor with Turbo-Boost [up to 3.8GHz, 8MB cache]	edit
Memory	16GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [4 DIMMs]	edit
Hard drive	FREE UPGRADE to 1TB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive from 750GB	edit
Office software	No additional office software	edit
Security software	Norton Internet Security(TM) 2012 - 15 month	edit
Graphics card	3GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 [DVI, HDMI, VGA]	edit
Power Supply	460W Power supply	edit
Primary optical drive	Blu-ray writer & SuperMulti DVD burner	edit
Secondary optical drive	16x max. DVD ROM (player)	edit
Networking	Premium Wireless-N LAN card and Bluetooth(R ) (2x2)	edit
Productivity ports	15-in-1 memory card reader, 4 USB 2.0 (front), audio, 2 USB (top rear-facing)

[cwgatti]

I will be using Architecture 2012 as well......

[OMCUSNR]

The specs on the hard drive are not good.  You need a SATA 6.0 HD.  I'd spec a Western Digital Velociraptor.  You also don't need a Terabyte of storage, unless you're going to use that blu-ray writer to download & print DVD movies.  This is a work machine and Blu-ray is not necessarry for work is it?  You might look into the biggest SSD you can find for the primary drive & go with a smaller, faster HD for storage if speed is really a factor for you.

The CPU & graphics card are good bets.  The power supply is sortta marginal, but would probably work.  Take a look at my sig.  With a tower case, 650W ps, card reader & plain DVD burner, I got the parts from newegg & put it together in about an hour for just under $1400.  I went with the I-5 instead of I-7 'cause I felt it was a slightly better bang for the buck.  I don't do much rendering, so I didn't go with a high end graphics card w/ lotsa Vram.  It's just a middle of the road card.

I'd definatly look at Xi or Alienware over Dell or HP.  I'd also seriously look at a local builder / comp store.  You can get what you want & not what corporate wants to sell you as a bundle.  The hard drive is a big one where you don't know what you're getting, and it's the component most likely to fail, and the biggest speed clog.

Reid