Processor and Ram are going to be the 2 big things then… you can slack off on the video card qutie a bit
I’d stay Intel based for sure… and 12GB of ram should be more then enough… but i’d do 16 anyways… DDR3 is so damn cheap now mine as well stuff as much as you can in there
Intel i7 2600K is about as good as your gonna get on the intel side withotu stepping up price A LOT
AMD’s are great for the price, but honestly since sandbridge have taken a big fall on their face, even AMD’s overclocked to the edge can barely stack up to even an i5 2500k