2012-05-11, 19:33
The plan is to stuff the hardware into a silverstone ML02. 120w PSU. Goal: play anything I can throw at it... Bluerays, 3D content, and rips of all kind. Mild gaming is also wanted. (Have had A6-3500, but the system broke, and now I want a little extra).
The hardware I have thought of is:
A8-3870K
A75 chipset, haven't decied which brand/model yet. ITX or mATX
2x4gb 1866mhz memory
I have:
1x 3.5" Seagate 7200rpm 64mb drive, and a 2.5" 5400rpm drive. And will be connecting USBpowered harddrive once in a while.
My concern is that the a8-3870k is 100w TDP, and I can't seem to find any cpucoolers small enough to fit the case, and cool a 100w tdp processor?
My other concern is power consumtion.... Seems like a intel 65w tdp and discrete is a better option for me?? Performance wise, cooleroption, and powerconsumtion. Price is almost identical (3870k vs intel w. discrete 6570ish).
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pent...40-11.html
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/dis...70k_8.html
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/dis...html#sect0
And this guy (though I don't intent on any overclocking), but he has been forced to underclock his system just to use it
http://www.overclock.net/t/1240756/revie...k-a75m-itx <- is this caused by using a small ITX board?? Because there is room for a bigger motherboard in the silverstone ml02.
The hardware I have thought of is:
A8-3870K
A75 chipset, haven't decied which brand/model yet. ITX or mATX
2x4gb 1866mhz memory
I have:
1x 3.5" Seagate 7200rpm 64mb drive, and a 2.5" 5400rpm drive. And will be connecting USBpowered harddrive once in a while.
My concern is that the a8-3870k is 100w TDP, and I can't seem to find any cpucoolers small enough to fit the case, and cool a 100w tdp processor?
My other concern is power consumtion.... Seems like a intel 65w tdp and discrete is a better option for me?? Performance wise, cooleroption, and powerconsumtion. Price is almost identical (3870k vs intel w. discrete 6570ish).
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pent...40-11.html
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/dis...70k_8.html
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/dis...html#sect0
And this guy (though I don't intent on any overclocking), but he has been forced to underclock his system just to use it
http://www.overclock.net/t/1240756/revie...k-a75m-itx <- is this caused by using a small ITX board?? Because there is room for a bigger motherboard in the silverstone ml02.
