2012-08-28, 02:01
(2012-01-17, 05:37)T12U Wrote: Pretty similar setup to mine that I just built a week ago.
AMD A8-3850 $139.99 - $10 instant rebate from Newegg
ASRock A75M-ITX FM1 AMD A75 Motherboard $89.99
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 $24.99
SAPPHIRE 100326LP Radeon HD 6670 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 Low Profile Video Card was $99.99 when I bought it, now $89.99
MI-008 mini ITX case + 250 watt PSU $50 free shipping from Amazon
I already had a OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD so the price for that was not included.
Total = $385 without hard drive.
From basic Windows 7 index rating, I get 7.2 for processor, 7.1 for both aero and gaming graphics, and 7.2 for the hard drive. I think memory was at 6.something. Since I ran the APU and discrete graphics card on crossfire, gaming so far on it has been really good. Albeit, I have only tested League of Legends on it with everything on very high maxed out settings running at 1920x1080 resolution with no lag at all. Excellent build. I have also played back Blu-Ray 3D discs and ISO's perfectly running to my D8000 Samsung so no issues there. The HD 6550D isn't bad when I ran LoL on it. but only with everything set to medium. If I set the video settings to high, I do get the occasional graphics lag but still very playable. So if you are not planning to game on it at all, you can sub the 90 bucks from the graphics card and pick up an SSD and it would still be around the same price.
I'm surprised your system is not overheating and the stock psu(250w) is able to handle everything.