Thoughts on my potential rig

blade of grass

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Hey Guys,
As tis the season, I have an influx of cash, and am planning to build a desktop. I'm Canadian, BTW.
I'll be doing light gaming (The Sims, Civ, Stalker COP, Spore, maybe Far Cry 3, TF2 and some others), photo editing, video encoding/editing, and browsing.
The current planned rig is $1075, but I'm a can be a bit lenient about the price (+/- $50-$100).

So, here's the plan:

Intel i5-3570K - $209.99

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo - $27.99

MSI Mpower - $174.99 with $10 MIR

Patriot Viper 3 8GB 1600MHz - $59.99

MSI 7770 - $74.99 with $40 MIR

Cooler Master Storm Stryker - $119.99 with $25 MIR

XFX 750 Semi-Modular 80Plus silver- $79.99 with $10 MIR

Windows 7 Home Premium - 97.99 (I don't need to link this... I hope)

Noctua NT-H1 Pro Grade Thermal Compound - $3.99

ASUS DVD drive - $16.99

WD Caviar blue1TB - $64.99

Total before tax = $1016.94
with tax = $1149.14

So, what do you guys think of this build? Any suggestions? Please try to use www.ncix.ca for suggestions, seeing as it's easier to only have to go to one store.