Building new Financial traidng comp, 2nd time building

EM3

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Hello all, my first computer was built by my friend and I assisting and learning in the process about 1.5 years ago.

One of my relatives is in dire need of an upgrade to their set up and was looking to run 9 monitors off of a single tower with one board & mouse. With that being said I'd figure I'd give it ago and have spent quite some time trying to research the perfect solution.

Here is the parts list.

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CPU: Intel Core i7-4930K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($564.98 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 CPU Cooler ($71.95 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X79 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($310.98 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($340.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 1TB 3.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive ($199.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: VisionTek Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($369.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: VisionTek Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($369.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($129.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-2209 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($85.99 @ B&H)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($187.97 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2732.80
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-07 00:43 EDT-0400)

I was hoping other people could look into this build and offer any advice as to wether certain parts should be switched out for something else. This will be a 9 monitor financial trading set up.

Please note those video cards are the Radeon HD 7870 Eyefinity 6, each with 6 display ports.

The goal of this computer as well was essentially a durable, hassle free set up. I chose to opt out of liquid cooling since I've never installed one and it freightens me to learn on such an expensive set up. I also opted out of SSD since I'm not fully aware of the setting of process of it or its durability over the long term.

Thank you all for any input you may contribute :).
 
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Approval rating so far 100% :)

Im pretty certain the SSD's are better my only downfall is my lack of knowledge of properly setting up an SSD (I've read its more involved then a normal HDD which is essentially plug n play). Plus I have no clue how raid works. I'm currently trying to read up more on SSD's and raid to an extent incase I am able to understand them better before the parts are order. There is the option of simply just spending the extra $300 and upgrading the 1TB 10k RPM HDD to a 1TB SSD.
 


What are the WD red drives per say? I'm assuming their different than normal WD drives and are these simply plug n play HDD just like other HDD? Google here I come

 
Raid 1 means 2x 1TB SSD are mirrored, if 1 fails, then the other takes the lead
then you can replace the broken ssd, and raid 1 once again

and i noticed that radeon eyefinity solution is pricey

you can set up 8 display with 2x GTX 750 ti
or 12 display with 3x gtx 750 ti :)