i3 & Asrock H61 ITX build - Any obvious problems?

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I'm thinking of "side-grading" my PC to the following spec:

Asrock H61M-ITX H61 Socket 1155
Intel Core i3 2120 3.3GHz
Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz HyperX Blu

It's a pretty simple setup and I can't imagine there's much to go wrong but I thought I'd run it past you guys anyway.

P.S. I realise that with H61 chipset I miss out on some of the more advanced Sandybridge features, but that's not a problem.
 
What about the rest - case, PSU, drives, graphics card? What's it's primary use going to be?
 
The rest is all sorted. Lian Li Q07, 400W modular PSU, 1x SSD, 1x HD, onboard graphics only.

It's going to be for web, email, programming, photos etc, but no games. Current system is a Q9650 and Radeon 4870. Don't need the graphics horsepower anymore and don't need an ATX case taking up space on the floor!
 
Just noticed that the Asrock motherboard can't run memory at 1600MHz. For the same money I can get:

a) Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz HyperX Blu Memory Kit CL9 1.65V Non-ECC Unbuffered
b) Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz HyperX Blu Memory Kit CL9 1.5V Non-ECC Unbuffered

Should I just get the 1333MHz?
 
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