Thanks for the feedback.
I’ve since decided to go with the 680 because of the similar performance and peripheral benefits to AE.
I do have a few questions:
1) 8GB per core of ram isn’t enough? There aren’t any LGA1155 MBs I can see that support any higher than 32GB.
2) How much disk cache space do we reasonably need? I’ve done extensive searching on the subject and can’t find an answer. If it’s 100 gigs I’ll happily get a 128GB SSD. I’d like to keep it as a separate drive as recommended by Adobe.
-Jimmy