Eureka - New Rig is working well for X1

When I stumble on a good combo, I like to share it because I know what it's like to struggle through a PC setup that doesn't play nice with the DAW.  I recently put a system together with the following specs and I'm happy to report Sonar X1b-build 255 (64bit)is performing like a complete beast. 8 hours in, not a single pop, click or stumble. VSTs play extremely well with no bounced or frozed tracks needed.  I've been using Sonar since Sonar 3 and I've never had a DAW that performed this flawlessly. As an example, I opened a previous project that ran at 81% CPU usage on my former Intel Core 2 Duo system, and it runs 8 CPU cores at about 2-3%. 
 
 I hope I didn't jinx myself, but here it is if anyone is looking to build a new DAW-
 
CPU: Intel i7 Sandy 3.4ghz 2600k (NOT OC)
Motherboard: EVGA P67 SLI - latest bios
Memory:  16gb Corsair Vengance (2x4) DDR 3 @ 1866 mhz (stock XMP profile)
OS: Win 7 Pro x64 SP1 w/all updates (optimized for audio)
Hard disks: O/S WD Caviar 500gb SATA III, Samples - 1TB WD Caviar SATA II and 1.5TB Seagate SATA II
Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 - 2.2 drivers
Nevana UAD 1 (dual PCI-e): 5.91 drivers
Nvidia 8800 GT display: latest Geforce drivers
 
 

Well good on ya then! Unfortunately, I've not had the luck you've had. Sure, my Core 2 Duo with 4 GB of RAM ran Sonar for me. It ran Sonar for me for 5 years.  I just had to change the way I did things because of limitations.  For example, I frequently use Superior, BFD 2, SSD in my projects.  As I worked at mixing my stuff, I almost ALWAYS had to freeze the synths to free up additional bandwidth for effects.  Now, is Sonar broken-  absolutely not.  Is hitting a wall fun - no way.  Sonar will run fine on a laptop, you'll just hit a wall much more quickly.  What I've found with this most recent set up is that I've not hit a wall or had to dial back a single thing, which is a first for me with Sonar, Cubase or even Pro Tools- hence the recommendation!