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Mainboard:
ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE $269.99
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···13131818
not much on the esata side. But you do get a lot of USB 3.0, mix with some USB 2.0.
You could download the mainboard manual:
»www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_···_DELUXE/
Looks like there is 1 Front_USB 3.0 header(on the right.) and 2 Front_USB 2.0(at the bottom.)

Intel Core i7-3770K $319.99
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···19116501

Intel Core i5-3570K $219.99
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···19116504

Since you said the software he use is heavy "multithreaded". I would vote for i7. But does the software support AMD Stream or Nvidia CUDA?

Ram:
G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866. Promo ends today.
$20 off w/ promo code 1106EXCL6, ends 11/8
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···20231611

I'm not sure does his software use alot of ram.. I was leaning towards:
G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9Q-32GSR
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···20231610

Sound Card? I guess we stick with on-board?? Realtek ALC898

Keyboard/ Mouse?
Case? I guess you pick.
Video Card? AMD or Nvidia? or stick with CPU Intel® HD Graphics 4000, which is both use on the i5-3570k and i7-3770k

OS:
Windows 8 x64 bit. Pro and non-Pro version(I really dont know what Pro have over the other one.)
$100 - $140
»www.newegg.com/Product/Productco···50-03%23

PSU:
Antec EarthWatts Platinum Series EA-650 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Power Supply
$119.99
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···17371056

Note: I changed the psu.