To further narrow down how much hit you will precisely need, follow the table below.

First ask yourself if you're going to have an Imp FF/Misery debuffer in raid. Then ask
yourself if you'll have a Draenei in your group (who you'll be within 30 yards of). Then
how many points into AF or EP you'll spend.

IFF/M HP AF/EP Hit Required to Cap

N N 0 447

N Y 0 421

Y N 0 368

Y Y 0 342

N N 1 421

N Y 1 394

Y N 1 342

Y Y 1 316

N N 2 394

N Y 2 368

Y N 2 316

Y Y 2 289

N N 3 368

N Y 3 342

Y N 3 289

Y Y 3 263

As you can see, the lowest hit cap for Horde mages is 289 while for Alliance it's 263.
These are relatively low numbers and it may be entirely possible for you to put fewer
than 3, even no points into AF and/or EP if your gear and raid set up are ideal. You could
be saving yourself precious talent points if so. :)
**Enchants**
Gloves - Precise Strikes +15 hit
[w]Gloves - Precision +20 hit
Boots - Surefooted +10 hit (and crit)
[w]Boots - Icewalker +12 hit (and crit)
[w]Weapon - Accuracy +25 hit

**Food**
Spicy Hot Talbuk +20 hit (and spirit)
[w]Snapper Extreme +40 hit (and stam)

**Gems**
Yellow
Rigid Amber +4 hit
Great/Rigid Golden Draenite +6 hit
Great/Rigid Dawnstone +8 hit
Great/Rigid Lionseye +10 hit
[w]Rigid Sun Crystal +12 hit
[w]Perfect Rigid Sun Crystal +14 hit
[w]Rigid Autumn's Glow +16 hit

Green
Vivid Chrysoprase +5 hit (+6 stam)
[w]Vivid Dark Jade +6 hit (+9 stam)
[w]Perfect Vivid Dark Jade +7 hit (+11 stam)
[w]Vivid Forest Emerald +8 hit (+12 stam)
[w]Tense Dark Jade + 7 hit (+8 spell pen)
[w]Perfect Tense Dark Jade + 7 hit (+9 spell pen)
[w]Tense Forest Emerald +8 hit (+10 spell pen)
[w]Shining Dark Jade + 6 hit (+6 spirit)
[w]Perfect Shining Dark Jade + 7 hit (+7 spirit)
[w]Shining Forest Emerald +8 hit (+8 spirit)
Lambent Chrysoprase +5 hit (+2 mp5)
[w]Lambent Dark Jade + 6 hit (+2 mp5)
[w]Perfect Lambent Dark Jade + 7 hit (+3 mp5)
[w]Lambent Forest Emerald +8 hit (+3 mp5)

Orange
Veiled Flame Spessarite +3 hit (+4 spell power)
Veiled Noble Topaz +4 hit (+5 spell power)
Veiled Pyrestone +5 hit (+6 spell power)
Shining Fire Opal +5 hit (+6 spell power)
[w]Veiled Huge Citrine +6 hit (+7 spell power)
[w]Perfect Veiled Huge Citrine +7 hit (+8 spell power)
[w]Veiled Monarch Topaz +8 hit (+9 spell power)