Building a PC for my girlfriend

[Aapje98]

My girlfriend and I have been togehter for 3 years now. I game a lot and my girlfriend likes gaming too. The only problem is that she has an "old" HP laptop: 17.3 inch, i7 3632QM and an HD 7670M 1GB. You can play games with it but it's not that great. Since it's hear birthday I decieded to buy her the parts for a game PC, she is going to build it.

A friend of mine was selling some of his old parts: AMD A10-5800K, biostar hifi a85S3, 8GB 2133MHz ram from GSkill, Corsair CX430 and a Sapphire R9 270X for €120. I already bought an 256GB Samsung SSD.

The only parts that are missing are a case and an good cpu cooler so that I can overclock the A10. I need the smallest case possible which can house an uATX motherboard. I was thinking about the Core 1000 from Fractel Design. I want it to be priced around €30-€50. For the cooler, I have no idea.

What do you guys think?

[_JohnB330ci]

The Core 1000 is a decent case, for the CPU cooler I would go with a http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-120mm/dp/B0068OI7T8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437036933&sr=8-1&keywords=CPU+Cooler

[Aapje98]

The Core 1000 is a decent case, for the CPU cooler I would go with a http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-120mm/dp/B0068OI7T8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437036933&sr=8-1&keywords=CPU+Cooler

Does the Hyper 212 fit in the Core 1000?

[_JohnB330ci]

Does the Hyper 212 fit in the Core 1000?

...It might bulge the side panel... a little bit...

[_JohnB330ci]

Its over your budget but this works:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/PNL-Tec-11000236-NH-L12/dp/B007D8AXK4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437037509&sr=8-1&keywords=Noctua+NH-L12

[Aapje98]

Its over your budget but this works:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/PNL-Tec-11000236-NH-L12/dp/B007D8AXK4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437037509&sr=8-1&keywords=Noctua+NH-L12

Maybe the Hyper T4 is the followup of the 212 evo and it's smaller.

[Blebekblebek]

why APU if you also getting dedicated GPU?

get x860k?

[kung.lao]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BfQqmG

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FNLdgs

 

I don't think the core 1000 and 212 evo or t4 is a good combo.

Maybe this is a better option:

 

http://www.afuture.nl/productview.php?productID=4084106

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9M3qMp

[Bravosgrad]

sell the a10, use the money from the cooler and a bit more to buy a 6300

core 1000 is fine

[Aapje98]

why APU if you also getting dedicated GPU?

get x860k?

I bought it from a friend, €15 for an A10. Cant complain

[Aapje98]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BfQqmG

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FNLdgs

I don't think the core 1000 and 212 evo or t4 is a good combo.

Maybe this is a better option:

http://www.afuture.nl/productview.php?productID=4084106

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/9M3qMp

Seems like a great combo! [emoji1]