Agreed. Unfortunately you need the space. I'll eventually be getting a better video card, which is why I went with a large-ish case.
Parts are coming in. I'm waiting on the motherboard, ram, case and fans. Just a little public service message for anyone that might be doing a similar build. That power supply that I linked at the top must have had the wrong pics on the website. It's actually a nicer power supply with black powder coating and all black wires. I thought it was kind of odd to have colored wires on a bronze rated power supply.