Follow up...

Ok so the PC  has been done for some time... I've just been too busy to actually do the proper bench testing that I originally wanted to do, but in the meantime I can offer some general observations I've made so far.

-Pro:

fastest vista start time I've seen,  extremely fast frame rates in Age of Conan in dx10, 3d Max runs amazing even with out the costly Quadro card,  EVGA drivers and software, and  (placeholder).

-Con: 

Manually turning up GPU fan to counter 80℃ with the fan left on auto.  GPU fan noise. SLI supported in windowed mode for WoW and War.