Changing my build to a m-ATX gaming PC

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Hey guys, I was going to build a mid tower gaming PC but was thinking of instead making a m-atx build. Below are the parts I was going to use, was wondering if you could suggest changes such as a good motherboard for around the same price. Also, will performance be affected much?

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£60.34 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£51.72 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£55.98 @ Novatech)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£41.89 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£139.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case (£58.79 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£65.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.55 @ CCL Computers)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£74.95 @ CCL Computers)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£29.99 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £764.18

Right now, I'm considering the Fractal Design Define MINI, along with the ASRock Mod 1150 H97M Motherboard.
 
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ok so its better to go with a gtx 960. its true the gtx 960 overclocks preety well though and may be able to reach the performance of r9 280x

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Yeah forgot to update to i5-4590, not planning on overclocking. Looking into the gtx 960. Is everything else good?
 

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Yeah but it's a fair bit more expensive than the 960. Plus, looking at a few online sources, the MSI gtx960 overclocks really well
 

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ok so its better to go with a gtx 960. its true the gtx 960 overclocks preety well though and may be able to reach the performance of r9 280x
 
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