Help me spec an ITX build

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I'm thinking of putting together a Sandybridge ITX box, and would appreciate a little help speccing it.

The spec I would like is:
Core i3 2100/2120
8gb DDR3
Gfx card good enough for 1080P playback and powering a 27" 2560*1440 display. Looking at an ATi 5570.

At the moment I'm looking at the Silverstone SG05/6 but I don't know if I'd need the 450w PSU or if the 300w would suffice.

What about a cooler for the ITX case?

Any and all advice welcome :)
 
Haven't decided on a motherboard yet, and although that would make things easier in terms of space - for the price though I could have another ITX board and PCIe card - along with enough change for 8gb RAM :)
 
Sounds like 2D only stuff. 2D wise any card would do for you.

If you want to go cheaper, G620/840/850 would be better. Because if you bu a separate graphocs card you are going to waste i3's built-in intel graphics card anyway.

The G620/840/850 doesn't seem to make much sense to me, the i3 2100 seems to perform better and has the same TDP.
 
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