First Time Builder - $1500-$2000 Gaming/Media Computer

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CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-950TX 950W ATX12V v2.3/EPS12V v2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

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G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

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XFX HD-697A-CNFC Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
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XFX HD-697A-CNFC Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

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Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
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If you are spending that much, get i5-2600k or wait for Bulldozer proc in June

Intel's 22nm Ive Bridge cpu's come out in less than a year, and with a simple bios flash these P67 mobo's will run that cpu. It's rumored those chips o/c to 6.0ghz or better. And as far as I know, there has been zero benchmarks shown in regards to AMD's Bulldozer cpu's. As far as anyone knows...it could be a giant dud like AMD cpu's in the past 5 years.

I'm really liking this build thus far, but do you think going x2 on the 6970s is a bit overkill or no?

Not if you plan on running dual monitors in the future and playing high end games with all the effects cranked up. Go for it !

Or go with one now, and get another one later on down the road.  

Haha thanks! Probably will be running one monitor at a time mostly. I am a little concerned with how much noise those graphics cards will make, any suggestions? Thanks so much.