It was a tight budget and I got it up to the most I could afford to do. The 212 can be set up with another fan as well. It will work for my purposes. The gigabyte board has the 8+2 power phase so compared to the other 970 boards it stands out. I have had no trouble at all with the this ddr2 board I am using now. I know the 2nd PCIE x16 slot is only 4x but that is still enough for a 2nd 6950 down the road... I would just need to upgrade my psu. I think everything that I picked should work out great. The ram I picked is even on the mobo support list and I didn't intend on using the list in the first place..

Thanks though! I looked at the N 520 it is a great looking cooler!