PC build. What's your opinion?

[Iakouben]

I'm off to university this year to study computer engineering and I'm building a PC to use for my studies and gaming. I didn't set myself a budget, since I'm not likely going to be upgrading from this set-up any time soon. I want to ask you guys for your opinions on the parts and whether I should use something else from what I wrote up.

Case: Corsair Graphite Series 600T (white)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77
Processor: Intel core i7 3770K - 3.50GHz 4 cores
-CPU cooling: Noctua NH-C14
Graphics: eVGA GeForce GTX680 SC
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1600MHz (four module kit)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200rpm (x2)
Solid State Drive: Samsung series 830 256GB
CD Drive: External
PSU: Corsair Professional Series HX1050

Screen: Samsung SyncMaster S27A850D 27" 2560x1440
Keyboard: Azio Levetron Mach 5
Mouse: Cyborg R.A.T. 9

 

[SNGX1275]

Looks good to me, I'm sure some others will be able to comment more directly about your vid card and motherboard.

But speaking from experience, as a college student (for many years) , you will probably want more storage space. You will 'acquire' a lot of things, and those things take space. 1 TB doesn't mean a whole lot anymore when there are 16GB HD movies to obtain...

You have a SSD, but then a Caviar Black... Why? That is a fast traditional hd, and it is expensive. You have the SSD for speed, take the money for the Black and put it to a bigger, but slower, traditional.