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Im looking to get a rig that is gonna be able to run just about anything I want to throw at it. I was wondering if any of you guys wanna help me out with a rig. Right now i have built a rig on a website and it looks like this:
Intel 4000 Series

Configured Price: $3146.00
Selection Summary
Processor Quad-Core Intel® Core™ i7 940 2.93GHz 8MB L3 Cache
Motherboard Intel® DX58SO - ATX - Intel® X58 Chipset
Memory 6 x 2GB PC3-10600 1333MHz DDR3
Chassis Antec Sonata III 500 - ATX Mid Tower - 500 Watt Power Supply - Black - Silent Design
Power Supply Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W Power Supply
Hard Drive 3 x 320GB SATA 7200RPM - 3.5" - Seagate Barracuda® 7200.11
RAID Level RAID 0 - Minimum 2 Drives - Striped set without parity
5.25" Bay Lite-On 4x Blu-Ray Disc Triple Writer (SATA)
3.5" Bay 19-in-1 3.5" Card Reader (Black)
Video Card 2 x MSI nVidia GeForce N260GTX V2 896MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 (2xDVI)
Expansion Card Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter
Peripherals Microsoft Value Pack 3.0 Keyboard and Mouse (USB)
Power Protection APC Essential SurgeArrest, 6 outlet
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate with SP1 (64-bit)
Warranty Extended Three Year Warranty
Configured Tech Specs
Processors
Clock Speed 2.93 GHz
Memory
Technology DDR2
Speed 1333 MHz
Motherboards
North Bridge Intel X58
Expansion Slots 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16,
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x4,
1 x PCI Express x1,
1 x PCI
Network Controller Realtek ALC889 Gigabit
Sound Controller Intel® HD Audio 10-channel
Video Cards
Memory Capacity 896 MB
Ports DVI-I + DVI-I
Processor GeForce GTX 260
Core Clock Speed 576MHz
Multi-GPU Technology 3-way NVIDIA® SLI™
Chassis
Product Type Tower
Color Black
Watts 500W
External Drive Bays 3 x 5.25
2 x 3.5
Internal Drive Bays 4 x 3.5
Front Ports 2 x USB 2.0
2 x Audio
1 x e-SATA
Cooling Fans 1 x 120mm
Dimensions (WxHxD) 8.1" x 16.7" x 18.2"
Power Supplies
Output Power 1200 Watt
Optical Drives
Product Type Blu-Ray
Hard Drives
Storage Capacity 320GB
Rotational Speed 7200RPM
Cache 16MB
Networking
Transmission Speed 54 Mbps

Any suggestions?
Thanks ahead of time!
 
And a 1200W power supply is far over what you need, something like a Corsair 850TX would be ideal for you. And most people think the 940 isn't worth the money over getting a 920. And it's not worth getting Vista Ultimate, get Home Premium instead.
That is if, of course, you decide to build it yourself :)
 
Hokay, so here is what i have so far...:
Quad-Core Intel® Core™ i7 920 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache
MSI X58 Platinum SLI - ATX - Intel® X58 Chipset
6 x 2GB PC3-10600 1333MHz DDR3
Antec Nine Hundred Two - No Power Supply - Black
PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool® 860 - SLI Ready
2 x 500GB SATA 7200RPM - 3.5" - Seagate Barracuda® 7200.11 (Raid 0)
5.25" Bay Samsung 22x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer LightScribe (SATA)
Lite-On 4x Blu-Ray Disc Reader (SATA)
3.5" Bay 19-in-1 3.5" Card Reader (Black)
Video Card MSI nVidia GeForce N295GTX 1792MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 (2xDVI)
Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 (64-bit)

Now i am wondering if I should go back to a 1200 watt supply and getting 2x 285 GeForces
 
Now i am wondering if I should go back to a 1200 watt supply and getting 2x 285 GeForces

AFAIK quad SLI never really worked very well, incidentally if you do that try a Corsair 1000W. Btw, since you have the money you might consider going for the Antec 1200 instead of the 900-2.

Edit: Oh, and depending on how much you're willing to spend, a small+fast SSD for the OS might be worth it.
 
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