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if i had to do a new htpc, the A6-5400K would be my choice!
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Yeah that's most likely all Ill need if I decide to try out this build for another room. I'm completely happy with my G540 HTPC in living room so far, and you can't beat that build for price. I was mainly considering the AMD build just so that I can have it for another room to use and to compare with my intel build.
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2012-10-02, 22:44
(This post was last modified: 2012-10-02, 22:45 by Dougie Fresh.)
If the 65W A10-5700/A8-5500 aren't widely available I was thinking an underclocked A8-5600K might make for an interesting HTPC APU for mITX systems.
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The new AMD apus are a total disappointment when compared to the Ivy Bridge Intel processors. I was hoping for much more bang for the buck with Trinity but it looks like Intel retains the bang for the buck crown.
I'm not an expert but I play one at work.
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TigerDirect has the 65W A10-5700 and A8-5500.
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2012-10-03, 14:10
(This post was last modified: 2012-10-03, 14:14 by Robotica.)
(2012-10-03, 02:24)Livin Wrote: The new AMD apus are a total disappointment when compared to the Ivy Bridge Intel processors. I was hoping for much more bang for the buck with Trinity but it looks like Intel retains the bang for the buck crown.
Not true for HTPC use case scenario's.... Ivy Bridge just regained some GPU power compared to Trinity and it still leads with CPU power (as Intel already is doing since the start of x86 SoC's).
The HTPC bang-for-the-buck is something different than a desktop bang-for-the-buck scenario!
So the Intel SoC improved harder than Trinity but as SoC
within a HTPC, the AMD platform would still be my choice (upgradeability, price of total system, performance, usefullness in HTPC, energy consumption, Noise)
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I still can't find any mini itx motherboards listed anywhere, maybe companies are releasing those later own the road. Too bad because I can pick up the A^-5400k for $66.99 which is pretty damn good compared to what everyone else is selling for. But with no mITX mobo it really does me no good
