Build advice before I spend $1600

[x_MaGiuS_x]

My eventual plan is to run two of the 6950s in Crossfire is there anything I overlooked? (Case, optical drives and cooling is already taken care of)

If this were your system would you use different components? I have been out of the hardware loop for a little while

Video Card - MSI TwinFrozr III 6950 2gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127575

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4-B3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128478

Processor - i7 2600k
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070

PSU - Corsair HX850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139011

Ram - GSkill Ripjaws 8gb DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

SSD - Intel 320 series 120gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167050

The components are sitting in my cart ready to order. I can afford them but need a push before I can hit "submit order."

Just want to be sure Im not missing out on something better for the same price or less.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

 

[tonytnnt]

I have to get headed home from work, but personally I wouldn't go with that Gigabyte motherboard. Look at the MSI P67A-GD65 and see if it looks like it has the features you want. I think you can even get a combo deal with an MSI 6950 if I remember right.

The RAM will work fine but you can do it for less money by getting a pair of 1333 MHz sticks. Memory speed doesn't have much (if any) impact on Sandy Bridge chips.

Do you need hyperthreading? Otherwise you can get the 2500k for less with similar performance (but if you want the best, the 2600k has the highest stock clocks.) Are you planning on overclocking? You might want to put a heat sink in there. Like a Cooler Master 212+ or something similar.

Nothing else really sticks out at me. The above things are being kinda nitpicky as your parts should work well, but they will save you some money without sacrificing performance.

 

[x_MaGiuS_x]

Yes I plan on overclocking. I did consider the 2500k but didn't want buyers remorse and can afford the 2600k.

As far as cooling goes, case is a Haf X and I have a Noctua Nh-d14; also the computer is kept in a room with a 60F ambient temp so I should be good there.

Buying slower ram wont make much of a difference? Stuff like that is good to know seeing as the last time I built a system it was pretty important.

 

[Dangman]

Buying slower ram wont make much of a difference? Stuff like that is good to know seeing as the last time I built a system it was pretty important.

Nope, not a difference besides saving you money. It was important up until the beginning of this year to get relatively high-speed RAM for overclocking. However that changed with Sandy Bridge CPUs: You don't touch the RAM at all when you overclock. So you could OC that 2600K to 5Ghz and still use DDR3 1333 RAM just fine. Not to mention that it's been shown with the SB CPUs that they do not benefit that much from high-speed RAM. As such, you won't notice a difference between the RAM you chose and this RAM:
$80 - G.Skill Value Series F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT 2 x 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM

 

[x_MaGiuS_x]

Ended up dropping the MSI Twin Frozr for two reference 6950s that will hopefully unlock to 6970 shaders.

Now the worst part begins, waiting for all the parts to get here.