- Jul 17, 2008
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I'm building a Micro ATX system into a small console like case to use for some medium spec gaming and as a Media PC in the living room (To replace my XBOX) but I'm on a serious budget as there's a new baby in the house.
The system I've put togeather so far for a Total of £290 is made out of budget buys and a few scavenged parts. its working well and with the GPU part of the APU clocked up from 720 to to 940 I'm getting some quite playable FPS. The stock cooler seems to be handling this fine but I'd like to push the CPU side a bit as I've read the A10 7850K is quite capable of going further with a good cooler. However I'm limited by the case which can take a CPU cooler of Max 80mm and is best pulling air from above.
The sort of topdown coolers I've been looking at are mainly the Scythe Shuriken coolers which seem well regarded but I'm not sure many people OC with them so I'm not sure they are the best option. the other thing I have been considering is modding the case so I could fit a H55 or H60 in there but I'd rather avoid that if I could match the performance with an air cooler of come sort.
Any suggestions on a top down cooler, under 80mm that's good for a bit of overclocking?
The Big Shuriken is the one I'm thinking would be best at the moment http://www.amazon.co.uk/Scythe-Shuriken-Cooler-Supported-Sockets/dp/B0069CQ7BE
Case
Aerocool QS-101 Micro-ATX Black (No PSU)
UK Overclockers
£28.46
PSU
FSP300-60GHS 300W POWER SUPPLY MICRO ATX
eBay
£11.99 (Recon)
MoBo
ASRock FM2A88M Extreme4+
eBay
£29.99 (Ex display)
CPU
AMD A10 7850K Black Edition Amazon
£110.10
RAM
AMD 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 2400 R9 Gamer Memory Kit Amazon
£79.99
The system I've put togeather so far for a Total of £290 is made out of budget buys and a few scavenged parts. its working well and with the GPU part of the APU clocked up from 720 to to 940 I'm getting some quite playable FPS. The stock cooler seems to be handling this fine but I'd like to push the CPU side a bit as I've read the A10 7850K is quite capable of going further with a good cooler. However I'm limited by the case which can take a CPU cooler of Max 80mm and is best pulling air from above.
The sort of topdown coolers I've been looking at are mainly the Scythe Shuriken coolers which seem well regarded but I'm not sure many people OC with them so I'm not sure they are the best option. the other thing I have been considering is modding the case so I could fit a H55 or H60 in there but I'd rather avoid that if I could match the performance with an air cooler of come sort.
Any suggestions on a top down cooler, under 80mm that's good for a bit of overclocking?
The Big Shuriken is the one I'm thinking would be best at the moment http://www.amazon.co.uk/Scythe-Shuriken-Cooler-Supported-Sockets/dp/B0069CQ7BE
Case
Aerocool QS-101 Micro-ATX Black (No PSU)
UK Overclockers
£28.46
PSU
FSP300-60GHS 300W POWER SUPPLY MICRO ATX
eBay
£11.99 (Recon)
MoBo
ASRock FM2A88M Extreme4+
eBay
£29.99 (Ex display)
CPU
AMD A10 7850K Black Edition Amazon
£110.10
RAM
AMD 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 2400 R9 Gamer Memory Kit Amazon
£79.99
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