[Hal]

Now before you start reading this, please don't just assume that YOUR preference is the best thing for me :P

I'm building a computer soon, but I am first looking into what I should buy because I want to spend quite a bit of money for it to be worth my while. So the huge choice that I must make is AMD or Intel. Now I am going to be doing a lot of AUTOCAD work , possibly some 3D Modeling and OFC gaming. I was going to go for the Intel i5, and upgrade to the i7 if needed, but now I'm really thinking about going for the AMD phenom II X6 , and an ASUS Crosshair IV mobo to go with it. I am willing to invest for a watercooler, if i see that the stock is not giving it what i need. Note: I do not plan on overclocking, but it may come up.

Also I am not too sure on what wattage of a PSU I should buy, I am going to set up a RAID with two hard drives ( 0 i think ) so in total, i will have at least 3 HDDs (all SATA).

This will be my first build, so I am hoping that a few people can give me some idea's of what I should look into. I am just undecided on Intel or AMD


Thanks