Help me build my PC for college

[Payton Fisher]

Hello,
I'm soon to be in my final year of high school and I am trying to build a PC that will get me through my last year of high school and 4 years of college.
This computer will be doing a lot of gaming and some entry level editing, I plan on using most adobe products and 3D software as well. (I also kept my eye out for anything on sale which is why it might be in this list)

* Budget is under 3k *

Here is my list:
Motherboard- ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Price:$174.99

CPU- Intel Core i7-3770K Quad-Core Processor 3.5 GHz 8 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80637I73770K Price: $316.17

RAM- Kingston HyperX Beast 16 GB Kit (2x8 GB) 2400MHz DDR3 PC3-19200 Non-ECC CL11 DIMM XMP Desktop Memory KHX24C11T3K2/16X Price: $145.74 (49% off) (http://tinyurl.com/c2wwyjt)

Case- NZXT Crafted Series ATX Full Tower Steel Chassis - Phantom White
Price: $102.68

Hard Drive 1- WD Green 2 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, SATA III, 64 MB Cache - WD20EARX Price: $94.99 (47% off)

Hard Drive 2 (os Drive)- Corsair Neutron Series GTX 2.5-Inch 240GB 6Gb/s SATA 3 Exclusive LAMD LM87800 Toggle SSD CSSD-N240GBGTXB-BK Price: $219.99

CPU Cooler- Corsair Hydro Series H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CWCH100) Price:157.33

Sound Card- ASUS Xonar Phoebus ROG Gaming Soundcard Set Sound Cards Price:$198.99

GPU x2 ASUS GTX680 DirectCU II TOP Edition 1201MHz 2 GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Cards GTX680-DC2T-2GD5 - Red/Black Price:$539.99 ea
(20$ rebate ea.)

Power Supply- OCZ ZX Series 1000W Fully-Modular 80PLUS Gold High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandy Bridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom Price:$179.99 (20$ rebate)

Total $2,910.93 before shipping and tax

*Every thing from amazon*


P.S. I am only 16 and don't know ALOT but I think I know a fair share about computers, I know that graphics card in kinda over kill but it fits the budget.
Please leave comments with any suggestions, Thanks!

 

[twelve25]

Is your college going to be paid for by someone else? If so, have fun with your overkill system. If not, spend about $1000 and put the rest in the college fund.

 

[Payton Fisher]

Is your college going to be paid for by someone else? If so, have fun with your overkill system. If not, spend about $1000 and put the rest in the college fund.

Yeah, I am covered on my college fund.

 

[logainofhades]

New Intel CPU's and Motherboards will be out sometime next month. I would probably drop the sound card. Not really necessary. I would avoid that power supply and get a quality Corsair or Seasonic. Never ever skimp on power supply. Trusting all that hardware to a cheap power supply is not a good idea. When it goes, it can take everything else with it. Don't need 2400 ram either. A nice set of 1600 is enough for an Intel rig. Only AMD A-series get a noticeable benefit in performance with faster ram. HD 7970 performs similarly to a GTX 680 and costs about $50 less per card.

 

[Payton Fisher]

New Intel CPU's and Motherboards will be out sometime next month. I would probably drop the sound card. Not really necessary. I would avoid that power supply and get a quality Corsair or Seasonic. Never ever skimp on power supply. Trusting all that hardware to a cheap power supply is not a good idea. When it goes, it can take everything else with it. Don't need 2400 ram either. A nice set of 1600 is enough for an Intel rig. Only AMD A-series get a noticeable benefit in performance with faster ram. HD 7970 performs similarly to a GTX 680 and costs about $50 less per card.

Thanks, I am not to worried about the new intel stuff since they said it was being designed for phones, tablets and ultrabooks but yeah I just realize this cases power supply is in the front so the blue led wont even be visible so I am changing that right now. the ram is only 2400 since they price difference was extreamly minimal since it was on sale. and i am considering the gpu change as well. Thanks again.

 

[8350rocks]

New Intel CPU's and Motherboards will be out sometime next month. I would probably drop the sound card. Not really necessary. I would avoid that power supply and get a quality Corsair or Seasonic. Never ever skimp on power supply. Trusting all that hardware to a cheap power supply is not a good idea. When it goes, it can take everything else with it. Don't need 2400 ram either. A nice set of 1600 is enough for an Intel rig. Only AMD A-series get a noticeable benefit in performance with faster ram. HD 7970 performs similarly to a GTX 680 and costs about $50 less per card.

That PSU is made by a good manufacturer...HEI, IIRC, who makes a lot of PSUs for Corsair.

 

[logainofhades]

There are new desktop chips coming out as well. The performance increase will be roughly 10% over current chips at about the same price. That is the only real reason I suggested waiting with the launch date being so close. Ram you are still paying about $50 more for very little if any performance benefit. I would go with something like this. http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Ballistix-DDR3-1600-240-Pin-BLS2CP8G3D1609DS1S00/dp/B006YG9EEW/ref=sr_1_72?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1367856699&sr=1-72&keywords=16+GB+Kit+%282x8+GB%29

 

[l89]

haswell will be released by 4 june having a 8-13% increase in performance over the ivy bridge you would have to consider a new MoBo also as it requires a new socket lga 1150
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell_%28microarchitecture%29

 

[Payton Fisher]

Alright cool, thanks guys im looking at everything you have said but since the new chip sets are coming out I will probably just wait for that.

 

[logainofhades]

Here is a roundup for you if you were to decide now. Much better power supply with much better warranty, and comes out about $900 less than your initial post. I excluded the sound card as it really isn't necessary. The onboard sound is plenty.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Vrof

 

[Payton Fisher]

Thanks a lot for everyone's input, but I am gonna go ahead and put off all plans until the release of the new processors and ill go from there
and also alot of credit to *logainofhades* you saved me a good chuck of money for my new build plans.

 

[griptwister]

I'd have to agree, the Dual HD 7970s is a better option than the Dual 680s. Me personally, I wouldn't really care about Haswell, it's only a 10% improvement. Only thing it's going to be better at is overclocking.

Also, If you live by microcenter, you can pick up a i7 3770k for $230.