How does my spec look?

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Hi guys,

I want to build a small pc that will sit in the unit under my TV. It will be mainly used as a plex server, blu-ray player (3d and 2d) and possibly if I can work it out I'd like to connect freesat to it. I may also play some occasional games on it but it's main purpose would not be a games machine. I'm looking at the following spec and would appreciate any opinions.

I have a large exteral nas device so I am only thinking about a SSD in the case. This is the spec I am looking at:

Shuttle SZ77R5
Intel Core i7-3770K CPU
Corsair CML16GX3M2A1600C10 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5 inch Basic SATA SSD
LG BH16NS40.AUAR10B 16x SATA Internal BD-RW

I haven't included an additional graphics card as that would use both my PCIe slots?

All comments welcome.
 
Thanks for the feedback guys, after discussion on another forum too I scaled back the processor and memory and also went for newer model shuttle, spec now looks like this:

Shuttle SZ87R6 Barebone PC
Intel Core i5 i5-4690K CPU
Samsung840 EVO 250GB 2.5 inch SSD
LGBH16NS40.AUAR10B 16x SATA Internal BD-RW
KFA2 GeForce GTX 750Ti Razor 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (Single slot)
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 Mhz CL9

It was also mentioned that I could go for the i5-4690 instead of the K model processor but I only saw a £10 difference in the price so I wondered if it was worth downgrading for so little saving. Also added the single slot graphics card so at least in theory I have a slot left for double satellite receiver card.

Any comments?
 
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