What do you think of this system? HP Pavilion Elite m9650f Desktop

Hey everyone, after having bought a high-end laptop last year for SONAR PE, I decided it was just far too limiting to lock myself into the laptop...I've been running Vista 64-bit and all my gear has 64-bit drivers and has been running well-enough but the laptop was only an Intel Dual Core limited to 4GB total ram...so to that end I went and picked up a new HP i7 system at Fry's for $1099.00 + plus tax (it is on sale in the store for less than the website price) that I hope will do SONAR 8 PE justice. I've pasted the specs below and here's the link to computer on Fry's website, let me know if you think it will be a good system or not. I'm going to install another 1TB hard drive and eventually I'll be able to upgrade the memory to 12GB total ram. Tell me what you think...

http://shop2.frys.com/product/5873213?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Model Number - HP Pavilion Elite m9650f Desktop
Operating System - Genuine Windows® Vista® Home Premium 64-bit w/SP1
Processor - Intel® Core™ i7-920 Processor
Processor Speed - 2.66 GHz
Cache Size - 1MB L2 cache + 8MB Shared L3 Cache with QPI Technology

Memory - 6144MB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM (3 x 2GB modules)

Video Graphics - Nvidia GeForce 9800GT graphics card with 512MB dedicated video memory, DVI and HDMI capabilities and support for Blu-ray, HD DVD, and Microsoft® DirectX® 10

Hard Drive - 750GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Optical Drive - SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe® Technology
Card Reader - 15-in-1; CF I/II, SM, MD, MMC, RS-MMC, SD, miniSD, xD, MS, MS Pro/Duo, MS Pro Duo, and more


Audio - High Definition Audio with 7.1 Channel Audio Support
Network - Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 Port)
Wireless Network - Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
Keyboard - HP USB Keyboard
Mouse - HP USB Optical Mouse
Expansion Slots - 1 PCIe x1 (occupied), 1 PCIe x4 (one available), 2 PCIe x16 (one available)
Expansion Bays - 2 external 5.25" (one available), 1 external 3.5" (occupied), 2 internal 5.25" (one available)

External Ports -

6 - USB 2.0 ports (2 Front, 4 Rear)

2 - Firewire® (IEEE1394) ports (1 Front, 1 Rear)

2 - PS2 Ports (Rear)

1 - Headphone and Microphone Jacks (Front)

6 - Audio Jacks (Rear)

1 - Ethernet (RJ-45) Ports (Rear)

1 - HDMI Port (Rear)

1 - DVI Port (Rear)

1 - eSATA Port (Rear)

1 - Optical Audio Out (Rear)