Hi tudds. Looks like a pretty nice machine there. The only thing that screams at me is the graphics card. SLI is useless for professional 3d graphics applications such as Maya; so if this is only for Maya, then that would be a waste. The second thing is, don't use Geforce's with Maya! Or even Radeon for that matter. They aren't built for high performance OpenGL which Maya uses. You should get either a Quadro, or a FirePro. They are specialty-built for 3d applications. If you go with gaming cards, you're risking quite a bit. Different video cards and system configurations will create display problems. The same is also with drivers. Some times it may work just fine, but once it's updated, kaput.

Also, just my opinion here. I like AMD's better than Intel. No "virtual cores". Take a look at AMD's new 6 core processors. 6 real cores are much better than 4 real, and 4 virtual.

This is the one I'm looking at:

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition
Thuban 3.2GHz (With Turbo core, 3 cores can go up to 3.6 GHz at one time)
6 x 512KB L2 Cache
6MB L3 Cache
Socket AM3
125W

It runs for about $316 CND which is about £195.

Hope this helps mate.