Mini ITX build feedback

[boredinbc]

So its been a few years(read 7) since I last built a system and I would appreciate some feedback from the community before I pull the trigger.

ASRock Z77E-ITX Socket 1155 Intel Z77 ChipsetI, Mini-ITX
Intel Core i5-3570K
Sapphire (11199-20-20G) AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT With Boost, 2GB GDDR5
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600MHz CL10
ADATA SX900 256GB 2.5" 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SSD)
Seagate Barracuda (ST2000DM001) SATA3 6.0Gb/s 2TB 64MB Cache
Seasonic G-650 Modular 80PLUS Gold 650W PSU
Corsair Hydro Series H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler w/LINK

Case is Bitfenix Prodigy because I like to follow the crowd LOL and I have a cheap optical also - which I am strongly considering doing away with...

I considered the ASUS P8Z77 board as well, but the ASRock represents a significant cost savings, and Im not sure how much more I would personally derive from the ASUS board. Primary use will be gaming so feedback on the GPU would be great as well..

With tax and shipping this is going to cost aprox $1400 (Canada Eh?) which is right about where I wanted to be, but I could stand to part with a few extra dollars
if the performance justified it.

Let me know what you think...and thanks!

 

[AMD Radeon]

cant say anything against it good build. if you want to save more. get 2x4GB ram. most ppl dont utilize above 8GB

 

[rostrow416]

nice build +++

 

[jk47_99]

Yeah drop to 8 GB of RAM, if you are just gaming that is all you will need. Also consider upgrading the card to a Sapphire 7950, I've got one of those rocking in my ITX build and you'll have a card that can even handle Crysis 3 on high settings. And maybe consider a better brand for the SSD, like Samsung or Crucial.

 

[boredinbc]

Thanks for the advice. I've pulled the trigger and the parts are in the mail. I opted to go with 8gb of RAM and changed the SSD to the a Samsung 840 pro(smaller size). I chose to stay with the 7870 LE only due to the fact that the 7950 was a full hundred more and I still needed to add in an OS. Prices and performance depending I will look at upgrading the GPU 18 months down the line.

Again thanks for the advice!