First of all, it's generally polite to start your own thread rather than hijacking someone else's.

As for advice, I'd hold off until Sandy Bridge stuff becomes available again (should be just a couple more weeks). The i7-2600 will beat the i7-950 any day of the week (it's even topped the i7-980x in some things) and costs less (counting the motherboard; x58 mobos are pricey). If you do decide to stick with the x58 build, you'll need different RAM. The x58 platform uses triple channel memory (3 sticks instead of two). Also, I would personally recommend not relying entirely on the SSD. Hard drives are cheap (1 TB is typically around $70) and the extra peace of mind is nice. Keep in mind that SSDs are getting a refresh very soon (within the next month or so) to a faster controller interface that can actually take advantage of the 6GB/s SATA connections.

Other than that, it looks like a solid (if overkill) build. If it fits your budget I guess...

 

Thanks for the notes about Sandy Bridge and the RAM, I'd missed the triple channel memory. I'm planning on using this for gaming primarily, going to do everything else on my old computer to keep anything from getting cluttered up.

As for hijacking the thread, to my understanding, it's generally considered even more impolite to start a new thread when a topic with the very sort of thing you're posting about is not only on the first page, but is on the top of the sub-forum. I had intentionally waited until it looked like CheddarTrek had everything he needed from the thread, as well.

As for Budget, my upper limit is about $2100 for the new rig.