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I was going to get a GT610 for ~40€, but then I was convinced to get a Zotac GT640 Zone (fanless) for ~90€, so I could use the HTPC for playing some Diablo 3 too. Hopefully the nVidia GPU will fix my problem. I'll let you know, thanks for your help.
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Ok, I#m back home and tested changing the pixel format, that did not fix the problem. I than updated my Catalyst driver to 12.9 beta, which seemed to have fix the problem. I tested it the same way as before and there were no flashes for about 15 minutes, but than as I exited XBMC and returned to the desktop there was one flash again.
The GT640 arrived today, will install it tomorrow, hopefully the HDMI cable I ordered arrives tomorrow, since the GT640 only has a mini-HDMI port. I'll let you know the results.
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What a bummer.... why not cut a hole on top of the lid? Would look like a fast and furious HTPC....
What other fan less card are you thinking about?
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I think I'll just wait a little while, I tested a little bit with the Catalyst 12.9 beta at the weekend and I did not get any flashing while in XBMC, So the new driver version did bring a severe improvment, as far as I can tell up until now. So if it stays that way it's ok for me, keeping in mind that I can resolve this issue any time by just adding a nVidia card.
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I built Eskro's A8-3870 build last year but used my older Antec case and PSU. I've since framed out the A/V cabinet so the Antec face (silver plastic) is visible and the noise from the PSU fan is driving me crazy.
I've also removed the 2 x 7200 rpm drives now that I have a NAS.
I don't use the ROM drive so that is coming out as well.
My build will now consist of the A75M mobo, 8 GB RAM, A8-3870 CPU, and 64 GB SSD.
Can I get a couple current suggestions on simple black case & PSU for this build?
Could I use an external PSU? Sorry I don't know the proper term for the external bar PS that have no fan.
Van G
-eskro's A8-3870 | Win 8 | Frodo 12.2 | RC-6 | Harmony 900-