[mGGDrGooSe]

Hey all, thought I would get some opinions on my planned new system and hear any tweaks people might suggest.

• Intel CORE i7 2600 3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/LGA1155 CPU (assuming that any old 120 mm fan will do. Some website is trying to sell me liquid cooling...)
• Kingston 16GB (4x4GB) Kit HyperX Blu 1600Mhz DDR3
• Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 Z68, 4DDR3 2133+
• Corsair 60GB Force Series GT SSD
• Cavier Black 1TB HDD
• Sapphire HD6950 2GB (the 560 Ti is said to be slightly better (and $40 cheaper) but I figure the extra memory will help with higher resolution stuff).
• CoolerMaster STORM ENFORCER GAMING CASE (Sorry Mayo, my guys don't stock Tt mid towers)
• CoolerMaster 650W PSU

What the computer will be doing: Some gaming (and some simulation work, CPU usage = 50% for 1-2 weeks, or 100% for 1-48 hours based on i7 860). My current system (i7 860 with Sapphire HD4890 1GB) runs crysis 2 and far cry 2 on max or almost max as it is, and I don't plan on really playing anything more demanding than those. The 16 GB of ram is work related (so tempted to go 32 GB) and I'm also hoping it might allow me to do some video recording whilst playing games like X3 (Check it out, cross between simcity and WoW in space, the only reason it can't compete with SC2 is it's single player only).

So i'm pretty sure this will do anything I ask of it in the next few years. Just wondering if maybe people can suggest slight tweaks that might be beneficial...
Also do I need a sound card? I only ever use 2.1 speakers (need to find someone who stocks TDK, stuff this cheap and ugly logitech crap). And all this for ~$1500 (excluding the HDD). Thoughts?