Recommendation on Llano A8 configuration

5thwall Wrote:Great looking case. Which finish did you use with the spraypaint? I take it it's pretty quiet with one fan?

Flat black....I was going to go with a glossy black but chickened out. I felt the flat gave me greater room for error. The flat matches my flat metallic components anyway. I did a quick primer (sandable) over the original silver finish. Then I did a light sanding of the primer and finished up with 2 light coats of the flat black

Its a very quiet case...I'll snap some photos of the internals when I get home tonight.

So, I finally bit the bullet and bought the parts. Here's what I got:

Processor: AMD A8-3850
Mobo: Biostar TA75A+
Power Supply: Corsair CX430
Case: Silverstone GD05B
Hard Drive: WD TSD-2000EARS
SSD Drive: Kingston 64 gb
RAM: Kingston HyperX Blu 4GB (2x2GB)
Blu-Ray: LG Black Super WH12LS30

Everything should be in by the end of the week (fingers crossed!). So, I'll let you know how the build goes. I'm very excited about this. Total will cost me about $560 after rebates. However I'm embarrassed to admit how much once I add in my Ceton card (you can do the math .

Hoping it's quiet and lasts 5 years+!

Mallet21 Wrote:Selfishly I am hoping you go with this Llano build as I am extremely curious as to how these new AMD processors perform.

They don't.....at least not with XBMC