Mini-ITX Build - Am I missing anything obvious or likely to have it blow up in my face?

[finchywinchy]

Hello folks,

I've learned a lot on here, and it's been fun speccing out a dream-PC, but I've realised that if I spend any more time speccing it out I'm never going to buy the thing!

So, could one of you with more experience just cast your eye over this little lot and let me know if I'm storing up problems for the future?


**B Grade** Gigabyte GeForce GTX 690 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Gr (GX-096-GI)
Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI IMPACT Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ITX Motherboard
Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 256GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH256GCST)
Corsair Vengeance SODIMM 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C10 1866MHz SODIMM Kit (CMSX16GX3M2A1866C10)
Cubitek Mini ICE Series Mini-ITX Cube Case - Black
Be Quiet Power Zone 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply
Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD
BeQuiet Dark Rock 2 CPU Cooler
Pioneer 24x Internal DVR-221LBK DVD Rewriter - OEM
IC Diamond 24-Carat Thermal Compound (4.8g)

 

[finchywinchy]

Point taken on....everything you've said. Kicking myself over the laptop memory, schoolboy error! Thanks particularly in regard to your cooling advice.

I want it to be a general-purpose build - I do a lot of excel/database/photoshop/illustrator work, (and I dabble with CAD, so 3D software, too) - so I want to get 16gB in there. With that in mind, could you make a recommendation on memory, too?

Thanks for your attention, btw. I'm finding this building-your-own lark gets a bit complicated when you don't want it in a case the size of a chest of drawers!

 

[finchywinchy]

I reckon you've just built me a computer! Thanks for your help, man, I'll post some piccies when its built