Need help with APU budget build, 300-400 EUR

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Hello, thanks for visiting my thread. I want to build a new PCm because mine is totaly obsolete. If you're intrested here's the specs: Athlon X2 64 5000+; Radeon HD3650; 2Gb DDR2 460 Mhz; Biostar MCP6P M2; Some chinese 400W Psu.

I must say that this PC served me faithfully for 6-7 years. I was playing World of Warcraft on medium settigs back in WOTLK. In pandaria switched to low settings. Now in draenor I'm playing on ultra low with everything off, in raids I get 5-15 fps. I'm used to it, cleared BRF Heroic with such fps.

I do not really need high-end graphic card, because I don't play any (I mean at all) offline AAA games. I just want to pay WoW and maybe Heroes of the Storm (I get ~20 fps with my PC now at ultra low settings) with high settings. Now with my PC I can't even alt-tab to browser because system becomes very slow.

I don't want to spend much money, so I managed to find that an AMD APU would fit my needs. Clarify me if I'm not right. I think I can get 30+ fps in WoW and Hots with A10 7850k. Here is the list of components I want to buy, I ask your advice. All prices are excluding VAT. Would buy them not in my country.

1. AMD A10-7850K - 112 EURO
2. ASUS A88XM-Plus - 57 EURO
3. G.Skill Ares 8GB 2133Mhz DDR3 Kit 54 euro (There is 2400Mhz at the same price, but I don't really know If I need it)
4.Cooler Master Seidon 120V Rev.2 - 33 euro (It's a water cooler, It's really hot here where I live. 30 celcium outside summer, I don't have air conditioning. I would really like to spend lees on a CPU cooler, can you suggest something based on my hot location)
5. Thermaltake smart se 530 - 43 euro ( I already have some chinese 400w PSU which handles my current system fine, but I guess I need another one)
TOTAL: 299 EURO.

I really like that price. I can also buy a mini-itx motherboard like ASRock FM2A78M-ITX+ FM2+ for 72 euro and a Corsair Graphite 380 T mini-itx case for 82 euro. But I really think this will overheat my system, because of my room teperature + little mini-itx case. Would be nice if someoen suggest me a cheaper mini-atx or maybe m-atx case with good air condition.

So the total value for a standart setup will be 299 eur, and for mini-tx setup 396 euro. I already own two hard drivers, mouse, keyboard from my old PC, so I'm in need only in components I lised above

I'm also thinking for AMD Athlon X4 860k (7850k without graphics) for 60 euro + some budged graphic card like Radeon 270X for 150 euro. But if I do it I would need to throw away mini-itx case because it would be too much money to spend.
 
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I own an 860K and I can tell you the little thing is a really good performer for the money, ONCE OVERCLOCKED. Sorry about the caps, but I need to stress that. Let me also say this. If you are strictly a WOW player, or a player of other MMOs that are known for being CPU intensive I cannot recommend my CPU to you. You will be better off with an I3 or even a Pentium G3258 by Intel due to superior single core performance. The AMD Kaveri CPUs perform well in games that are medium to light CPU intensity, (Witcher 3, Battlefield 4, etc) and those are the type of games that I love. MMO guys better off with Intel. I will always be honest about that.

If you insist on a Kaveri I would recommend you buy the A10-7850K and get some high clocked...
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I own an 860K and I can tell you the little thing is a really good performer for the money, ONCE OVERCLOCKED. Sorry about the caps, but I need to stress that. Let me also say this. If you are strictly a WOW player, or a player of other MMOs that are known for being CPU intensive I cannot recommend my CPU to you. You will be better off with an I3 or even a Pentium G3258 by Intel due to superior single core performance. The AMD Kaveri CPUs perform well in games that are medium to light CPU intensity, (Witcher 3, Battlefield 4, etc) and those are the type of games that I love. MMO guys better off with Intel. I will always be honest about that.

If you insist on a Kaveri I would recommend you buy the A10-7850K and get some high clocked memory (2400MHz). 16GB if possible, if not, 8GBs is good. Don't spend money you don't have to spend. Stay on the Mini Itx platform since you already have the case. I have the same cooler on my CPU that you're interested in buying. It is doing a fantastic job. Just upgrade the fan if you can because the stock fan sounds like a turbine engine. Also buy a good tube of highly rated aftermarket thermal compound for less than 10 bucks. It will make a difference. Good luck to you!
 
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