M-ITX build advice

Ranger · 22 Nov 2015 at 14:35

Hi there,

Am looking at building my daughter an M-ITX machine. Main uses are homework, video, music and some light gaming.
I already have a modular ATX PSU, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD and a 1TB 3.5" drive. I was looking at an FM2 board, Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI and an AMD A8-7850k, should be plenty powerful enough?

What cases and CPU cooling would you recommend to go with the above please?

Cheers

Ranger · 23 Nov 2015 at 08:21

Smaller the better as long as the cooling is ok and can take a 2.5 and a 3.5 drive together. Budget for case and cooler around £100.

Ranger · 24 Nov 2015 at 22:16

Thanks davida76.

Ranger · 29 Nov 2015 at 09:40

I went for the fractal design 304, I have an old 560ti which I can use in there as well.
Also picked up an i5 3570 with a Gigabyte H77N from the MM.

Any advice on a CPU cooler that won't interfere with the PCI-E slot?