Not sure if it will be of interest but it's always good to have options, Gigabyte is going to release a Mini-ITX 970 soon.
I don't think the size is an issue in this case. Plus I would like to get this this month so unsure this would be out in time Sent from Bittech Android app
Not sure that there's much point in going for 16Gb of RAM if you're just playing games. 8Gb should be absolutely fine so there's little point in spending the extra money.