Which of the following builds would you rate as giving the best performance? Best value?
Build 1:
Display: 17.3" 1920 x 1080 FHD LED Backlit GlassView Display
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-2920XM, Extreme 8MB L3 Cache, 2.50GHz
$895.00
Memory: (16GB) 16384MB, PC3-10660/1333MHz DDR3 - 4 SO-DIMM
$270.00
Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 485M 2GB GDDR5
$495.00
Hard Drive: 256GB Crucial® RealSSD™ C300 SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive
$490.00
Hard Drive 2: 256GB Crucial® RealSSD™ C300 SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive
$535.00
RAID: 0 High Performance (Two Hard Drive Configuration)
Optical Bay: 6X Blu-ray Burner 8X DVD+/-R DL Super-Multi Drive
$195.00
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Ultimate; 64-bit
$200.00
Wireless: Internal 802.11B/G/N LAN and Bluetooth Card
Cooling: IC Diamond 7 Thermal Compound, CPU & GPU
$40.00
Warranty: 3 Year Ltd. Labor and 2 Year Parts Warranty with 24/7 USA-Based Support
$79.00
Product Subtotal: $4,563.00
Build 2:
Customizations:
Display: 17.3" 1920 x 1080 FHD LED Backlit GlassView Display
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-990X Extreme, 12MB L3 Cache, 3.73GHz (Desktop CPU)
$790.00
Memory: (12GB) 12288MB, PC3-10660/1333MHz DDR3 - 3 SO-DIMM
$175.00
Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 485M 2GB GDDR5
$495.00
Hard Drive: 256GB Crucial® RealSSD™ C300 SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive
$490.00
Hard Drive 2: 256GB Crucial® RealSSD™ C300 SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive
$535.00
Hard Drive 3: 500GB 7200rpm 2.5" SATA 300 Hybrid w/ 4GB NAND Flash
$145.00
RAID: 0 High Performance (Two Hard Drive Configuration)
Optical Bay: 6X Blu-ray Burner 8X DVD+/-R DL Super-Multi Drive
$195.00
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Ultimate; 64-bit
$200.00
Wireless: Internal 802.11B/G/N LAN and Bluetooth Card
Cooling: IC Diamond 7 Thermal Compound, CPU & GPU
$40.00
Warranty: 3 Year Ltd. Labor and 1 Year Parts Warranty with 24/7 USA-Based Support
Product Subtotal: $5,174.00
Build 3:
Customizations:
Display: 17.3" 1920 x 1080 FHD LED Backlit GlassView Display
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-990X Extreme, 12MB L3 Cache, 3.73GHz (Desktop CPU)
$790.00
Memory: (12GB) 12288MB, PC3-10660/1333MHz DDR3 - 3 SO-DIMM
$175.00
Graphics Card: Dual NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 485M 2GB GDDR5
$1,200.00
Hard Drive: 256GB Crucial® RealSSD™ C300 SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive
$490.00
Hard Drive 2: 500GB 7200rpm 2.5" SATA 300 Hybrid w/ 4GB NAND Flash
$145.00
Optical Bay: 6X Blu-ray Burner 8X DVD+/-R DL Super-Multi Drive
$195.00
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Ultimate; 64-bit
$200.00
Wireless: Internal 802.11B/G/N LAN and Bluetooth Card
Cooling: IC Diamond 7 Thermal Compound, CPU & GPU
$40.00
Warranty: 3 Year Ltd. Labor and 1 Year Parts Warranty with 24/7 USA-Based Support
Product Subtotal: $5,344.00
Obviously I'm pitting a Sandy Bridge mobile processor against a first gen core i7 Extreme Edition desktop processor - and an SLI build vs a non-SLI build - but build 3 is also ~$780 more than build 1. Is it worth it? Is having SSDs in RAID 0 worth more than a second GPU?
Build 1:
Display: 17.3" 1920 x 1080 FHD LED Backlit GlassView Display
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-2920XM, Extreme 8MB L3 Cache, 2.50GHz
$895.00
Memory: (16GB) 16384MB, PC3-10660/1333MHz DDR3 - 4 SO-DIMM
$270.00
Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 485M 2GB GDDR5
$495.00
Hard Drive: 256GB Crucial® RealSSD™ C300 SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive
$490.00
Hard Drive 2: 256GB Crucial® RealSSD™ C300 SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive
$535.00
RAID: 0 High Performance (Two Hard Drive Configuration)
Optical Bay: 6X Blu-ray Burner 8X DVD+/-R DL Super-Multi Drive
$195.00
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Ultimate; 64-bit
$200.00
Wireless: Internal 802.11B/G/N LAN and Bluetooth Card
Cooling: IC Diamond 7 Thermal Compound, CPU & GPU
$40.00
Warranty: 3 Year Ltd. Labor and 2 Year Parts Warranty with 24/7 USA-Based Support
$79.00
Product Subtotal: $4,563.00
Build 2:
Customizations:
Display: 17.3" 1920 x 1080 FHD LED Backlit GlassView Display
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-990X Extreme, 12MB L3 Cache, 3.73GHz (Desktop CPU)
$790.00
Memory: (12GB) 12288MB, PC3-10660/1333MHz DDR3 - 3 SO-DIMM
$175.00
Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 485M 2GB GDDR5
$495.00
Hard Drive: 256GB Crucial® RealSSD™ C300 SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive
$490.00
Hard Drive 2: 256GB Crucial® RealSSD™ C300 SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive
$535.00
Hard Drive 3: 500GB 7200rpm 2.5" SATA 300 Hybrid w/ 4GB NAND Flash
$145.00
RAID: 0 High Performance (Two Hard Drive Configuration)
Optical Bay: 6X Blu-ray Burner 8X DVD+/-R DL Super-Multi Drive
$195.00
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Ultimate; 64-bit
$200.00
Wireless: Internal 802.11B/G/N LAN and Bluetooth Card
Cooling: IC Diamond 7 Thermal Compound, CPU & GPU
$40.00
Warranty: 3 Year Ltd. Labor and 1 Year Parts Warranty with 24/7 USA-Based Support
Product Subtotal: $5,174.00
Build 3:
Customizations:
Display: 17.3" 1920 x 1080 FHD LED Backlit GlassView Display
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-990X Extreme, 12MB L3 Cache, 3.73GHz (Desktop CPU)
$790.00
Memory: (12GB) 12288MB, PC3-10660/1333MHz DDR3 - 3 SO-DIMM
$175.00
Graphics Card: Dual NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 485M 2GB GDDR5
$1,200.00
Hard Drive: 256GB Crucial® RealSSD™ C300 SATA 6Gb/s SSD Drive
$490.00
Hard Drive 2: 500GB 7200rpm 2.5" SATA 300 Hybrid w/ 4GB NAND Flash
$145.00
Optical Bay: 6X Blu-ray Burner 8X DVD+/-R DL Super-Multi Drive
$195.00
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 7 Ultimate; 64-bit
$200.00
Wireless: Internal 802.11B/G/N LAN and Bluetooth Card
Cooling: IC Diamond 7 Thermal Compound, CPU & GPU
$40.00
Warranty: 3 Year Ltd. Labor and 1 Year Parts Warranty with 24/7 USA-Based Support
Product Subtotal: $5,344.00
Obviously I'm pitting a Sandy Bridge mobile processor against a first gen core i7 Extreme Edition desktop processor - and an SLI build vs a non-SLI build - but build 3 is also ~$780 more than build 1. Is it worth it? Is having SSDs in RAID 0 worth more than a second GPU?