2012-01-05, 06:18
A8-3870
Yojimbo413 Wrote:The place I am shopping from doesn't have the one that you mentioned. But they did have these two.With your insurance money, I recommend the beast (AMD A8-3870). The HD6550D in it is equivalent to a discrete GPU ( AMD HD6570 to be exact). HD6550D can be used for crossfire too. I doubt that you need to crossfire it for HTPC purpose. You'll be very happy with A8-3870.
AMD A6-3650 APU W/ AMD Radeon 65XX HD GFX Quad Core Processor Socket FM1 2.6GHZ 4MB 100W Retail Box
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=61953&vpn=...acture=AMD
AMD A8-3870 Black APU W/ Radeon 6550D HD GFX Quad Core Processor Socket FM1 3.0GHZ 4MB Retail Box
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=66665&vpn=...acture=AMD
You guys would recommend going with iGPU over a discrete GPU card?
bluray Wrote:The HD6550D in it is equivalent to a discrete GPU ( AMD HD6570 to be exact)
Yojimbo413 Wrote:On to the motherboard. What do you guys suggestions?
sparky0 Wrote:With current tech, this may often be true. However, if you're going to the effort to lay fresh cable, it's not worth pinching pennies by choosing Cat5 over Cat6--if it slows you down or causes bit errors on your Gigabit LAN, of if you might want to use 10GigE someday, etc.
EDIT: drat, beaten!
Yojimbo413 Wrote:Ok, the AMD APU is in shopping cart now. On to the motherboard. What do you guys suggestions?The AsRock in my post #49 will allow you to turn on/off HTPC using MCE IR/Remote from cold start. This is a very good option to have for HTPC.
Gigabyte A75M-S2V mATX AMD FM1 A75 2PCI-E16 1PCI-E1 1PCI DDR3 DVI SATA3 USB 3.0 Motherboard
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=62378&vpn=...e=Gigabyte
bluray Wrote:The AsRock in my post #49 will allow you to turn on/off HTPC using MCE IR/Remote from cold start. This is a very good option to have for HTPC.
Yojimbo413 Wrote:Cool. How can you tell if a motherboard has this ability? I was looking for a mobo with 6 sata connections.AsRock A75M included this option (Supports On/Off Play Technology). It'll allow you to connect USB IR to one of the rear USB port to turn on/off HTPC with MCE remote. Here is the complete spec on it- AsRock A75M.