Gaming PC help, 2500 max budget. Any help appreciated.

[DaveyP16]

Guys I'm back with more questions,

I'm looking to order this rig possibly at the end of this week so want to make sure on a few things first.

Case
SILVERSTONE RAVEN RV03 - GAMING ENTHUSIAST TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z68-V PRO: USB 3.0, SATA 6GB/s, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE Batman Arkham City with any Nvidia® GeForce GTX560 or above!
2nd Graphics Card
3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 580 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE Batman Arkham City with any Nvidia® GeForce GTX560 or above!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
450GB VELOCIRAPTOR WD4500HLHX, SATA 6-Gb/s, 32MB CACHE (10,000rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
SSD CACHE DRIVE
20GB INTEL® SSD 311 SERIES - CACHE DRIVE FOR SYSTEM / 1st HDD
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£45)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® SILVER MODULAR (£162)
Processor Cooling
TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
Sound Card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium (£59)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables
2 x 2 METRE DVI-D CABLE (£9)
Speakers
LOGITECH S120 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£9)
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £2,345.00 including VAT and delivery.


after a bit of tinkering I have gone for this. (maxing out budget with monitors)

Keyboard and mouse I have chosen: Price For All Three: £226.71

* This item: Razer RZ03-00380500-R3W1 Black Widow Ultimate Gaming Keyboard by Razer £105.91

* Razer RZ01-00120100-R3G1 Mamba Wireless 5600DBP Gaming Mouse by Razer £92.81

* Razer RZ02-00320100-R3M1 Vespula Gaming Mouse Mat - Dual Sided by Razer £27.99

this a good price?


Now for the questions

1. I'm going for 2 of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-011-HO&utm_source=froogle , It says they have 1 x Dual Link DVI-D input. Does this mean i just need the cables supplied by PCS or should I be looking for 'high quality gold plated....' ones? Is it one cable per monitor from each graphics card both to get 2560*1440 res?

Is hdmi not better than dvi-d? should I be looking for hdmi monitor?

2. I have put the sound card in for simple music creation (plugging guitar and mic in) either directly to PC or via my toneport. Is this sound card needed/good enough? Will the onboard still have done?

I also had to sacrifice the wireless n pci-e card to free up the slot, is this worth doing?

3. Is the cooling still sufficient or will I need more with extra sound card/wireless n card in?

4. I notice the difference between the 3tb and 2tb green and black drives is £3. Does this mean green drive is reduced in performance? I will only be using this drive to store all movies photos and music etc.

5. Lastly, this system is mainly for gaming and if honest focused at BF3, is it worth delaying the build till closer to the release for drop in price? Or wont prices change much in that short a period?


Thanks again in advance for any help, I really want to get this right.

Thanks for the advice Len, any other opinions on these questions?

Cheers