Building my girlfriend a gaming pc

[dagus0323]

I'll soon start building my girlfriend a gaming computer, her only stipulation is that the case needs to be pink. so i found her this that she liked APEVIA X-QPACK3-PK http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144297

I haven't bought anything yet, but with that case I'd need a cpu cooler under 5 inches (127mm) tall and I'm not sure which would be best. I've found a couple but I don't want to go buying anything before I'm sure it will work and work well.

I am even open to using a different case , there just aren't a lot of pink cases out there, and unfortunately she doesn't want to budge on that.

 

[madmatt30]

Pink - ;-) lol

Cooler depends on your component list mate in all honesty - with Intel chips the stock Intel cooler tends to be good enough.
With amd there are decent lp coolers available buy depends on your actual CPU choice.

 

[madmatt30]

Where did you get the 127mm cooler limitation from?
Looking at it ,it will take a bigger cooler than that

 

[fliger5]

CPU cooler should be the least of your issues (there are many which will fit into that case), first find the rest of the components based on your GF's budget.


Edit: Check out the AeroCool DS Cube, it's also avaiable in pink.

 

[dagus0323]

It will be intel. either something inthe 1150 or even one of the new skylake chips depending on what they end up being priced at.

budget is around $1500

 

[RobCrezz]

Go for a small AIO liquid cooler in a case like that, easier to fit and gets the heat straight out of the case.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

have you tried flowers, much cheaper and will make her happy

 

[dagus0323]

the 127mm comes from the tech support at apevia. i emailed them and asked "how big a cooler can i fit in that case." they said after putting a case fan on top it gives me about 5 inches.

Go for a small AIO liquid cooler in a case like that, easier to fit and gets the heat straight out of the case.

I'll look at liquid coolers, i've just heard you have to spend a lot of money to get a good one.

have you tried flowers, much cheaper and will make her happy

she does like those, and perfume, and jewelry, but she likes gaming more lol.

 

[madmatt30]

Apevia SHOULD know but I'm fairly certain they're wrong.
For starters the case doesn't support a top fan (only rear)
The flat down segregated motherboard design is about 60-70% of the case height.
Going off the dimensions & pics it'll take a cooler well in excess of 150mm in my eyes.

As above the aerocoos Ds is kind of pink (its black though apart from the front panel).

With your approximate budget though I have to say I used the aerocool (not pink though obviously) in a build last year & its far far better quality than anything comparable out there (that includes the bitfenix prodigy series too)

 

[dagus0323]

Apevia SHOULD know but I'm fairly certain they're wrong.
For starters the case doesn't support a top fan (only rear)
The flat down segregated motherboard design is about 60-70% of the case height.
Going off the dimensions & pics it'll take a cooler well in excess of 150mm in my eyes.

As above the aerocoos Ds is kind of pink (its black though apart from the front panel).

With your approximate budget though I have to say I used the aerocool (not pink though obviously) in a build last year & its far far better quality than anything comparable out there (that includes the bitfenix prodigy series too)

well i can agree with the tech support or the company as a whole with apevia being kind of "meh"
you actually can fit another fan on top its just not listed in the specs for some reason. you can see the mounts in the picture here

I'll have to look around for a price on the aerocool DS. I even like the look of it. and as long as its pink in some flashy way i'm sure she'll approve.