New Revit CPU to beat – Intel Core™ i7-3960X
6 cores with Hyperthreading, up to 3.9 GHz burst mode, 15 MB Cache – this thing is awesome.
And the benchmark results to match:
results via this link
More specs at:
Intel� Core™ i7-3960X Processor Extreme Edition (15M Cache, 3.30 GHz)

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My preference today would be:
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64Bit
Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition 3.3 GHz
Asus Rampage IV Extreme BF3 X79 Board
Corsair Vengeance Red 32GB PC3-15000, DDR3-1866 MHz
(2) EVGA GeForce 580 Classified Video Cards, 3Gb GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0
Dell UltraSharpe U3011 30" LCD Monitor 2540x1600
(2) Dell UltraSharpe U2312HM 23" LED Monitors 1920x1280
Dell AY511 Sound Bar
Crucial CT512M4SSD 2.5" Solid State Drive 512 Gb, SATA 6Gb/s
(2) Seagate Barracuda 2TB Serial ATA Hard Drive - 2TB, 7200 RPM 64Mb 6 Gb/s RAID 1
Lite-On 12X Internal Blu-Ray Writer with Lightscribe
Western Digital 3TB USB 3.0 My Book External Backup Drive
Corsair CMPSU-1200AX 1200 Watt Power Supply
Corsair Hydro H80 CPU Liquid Cooler
Silverstone Temjin TJ09-B Aluminum ATX Case
Logitech Iluminated Keyboard
Logitech Corded Laser Mouse 1000 DPI