How does this spec look, sub £500 mini-itx gaming rig.

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So my sister is looking for a sub £500 gaming rig, which will fit an mini-itx case, this is what I'm looking at so far and wondering if you reckon it'll all play nice in the case, and also if that card is up to the task? Any suggestions are welcomed!

Iiyama ProLite E2208HDS 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor £99.95

Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99

Sapphire HD 7750 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £79.99

BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX Cube Case - Passion Red £64.99

Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £54.98

Gigabyte H61N-D2V Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £44.99

Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1333C9) £35.99

Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14.99

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Cheers for all the suggestions guys, I'll try and take them all into consideration. Unfortunately I realised just after posting last night that I forgot to include a PSU, but given it was already 3am I was hitting the sack!

So LED > LCD monitors, duely noted!

Although a tight squeeze, is it likely to fit the prodigy? I know she quite fancies herself that case over the others in the m-itx range, I guess fine placement will be needed!
 
I must say the SG05 seems really amazing and I thank you guys for the suggestions, however my sister went with the "prettier" option in the prodigy in the end, even though I offered her both alternatives! Though I'll certainly be tempted to make a build into an SG05 when time permits :)

Cheers all for your additions, helped out tonnes in an area I'm not overly familiar with!
 
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