So over the weekend I put it together (with a small ssd for the operating system and room for 1 or 2 games), got it all working and started looking at benchmarks. So far I'm really pleased with everything. Running smooth and fast. The only thing I would change if I was to do it again is I would definitely spend more time and money on the case. I just thought "it's somewhere to stick the bits so go as cheap as possible with the correct form factor", and it worked... but it would have been nice to be working with something that had had some thought put into the design, and more than the absolute minimum spent on materials! Next time... next time...