Is this compact ITX build good?

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($80.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($102.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card ($319.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: EVGA Hadron Mini ITX Tower Case w/500W Power Supply ($125.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $997.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-03 22:24 EDT-0400

I will use this for editing and gaming.
 
The name Sparkle is in the list zero times.

FSP does not appear to be Sparkle. And, when I look at what FSP does have, none of the SFX units appear to be 80+ tested, and none are 500 watts.

I think you have 2 different companies mixed up here.