Build Advice - A10 5700 Enough for 3D?

(2012-11-12 02:10)TriNitro Wrote:  Thanks for the replies guys, good to know the A10 will work nicely.

You selected perfect case and PSU for it too......

(2012-11-12 02:10)TriNitro Wrote:  It doesn't say anything about FM2 on the Scythe homepage but I've looked at some boards and it seems it should fit FM2 aswell.

FM1/FM2 shocket shared the same heatsink....

(2012-11-12 05:58)bluray Wrote:  FM1/FM2 shocket shared the same heatsink....

Thats good to know! Might resurrect this thread with some pics of the build later on. Will probably be a couple of weeks before the stuff is ordered though since my friend is away on work atm.

If you are going with the A10 why not go with the A85X mobo. Take advantage of that A10 proc.

ASRock FM2A85X

(2012-11-13 00:27)drschoonover Wrote:  If you are going with the A10 why not go with the A85X mobo. Take advantage of that A10 proc.

ASRock FM2A85X

Why would that be a better choice then? This will be the first AMD system I've ever built so its very possible I'm missing the obvious

Basically, just future proofing. The A85X gives you eight SATA 6Gb/s-capable ports, RAID 5 support, and the ability to divide the APU’s 16 lanes of PCI Express 2.0 into a pair of x8 links. Here is an excellent review of the A10-5800k which is the 100w version of the A10-5700. Page 6 talks about the A75 and A85X mobo's.

(2012-11-13 05:10)drschoonover Wrote:  Basically, just future proofing. The A85X gives you eight SATA 6Gb/s-capable ports, RAID 5 support, and the ability to divide the APU’s 16 lanes of PCI Express 2.0 into a pair of x8 links. Here is an excellent review of the A10-5800k which is the 100w version of the A10-5700. Page 6 talks about the A75 and A85X mobo's.

+1.....as I mentioned in post #4, A85X have more options for future upgrades.....for the same price and brand, the one with more options seems to be a better pick.....

(2012-11-13 05:31)bluray Wrote:  

(2012-11-13 05:10)drschoonover Wrote:  Basically, just future proofing. The A85X gives you eight SATA 6Gb/s-capable ports, RAID 5 support, and the ability to divide the APU’s 16 lanes of PCI Express 2.0 into a pair of x8 links. Here is an excellent review of the A10-5800k which is the 100w version of the A10-5700. Page 6 talks about the A75 and A85X mobo's.

+1.....as I mentioned in post #4, A85X have more options for future upgrades.....for the same price and brand, the one with more options seems to be a better pick.....

Why would any of that matter in an HTPC environment? None of these features will have any effect in the lifetime of this HTPC. So why bother?
More is not always better...
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(2012-11-11 09:50)TriNitro Wrote:  it will only be used as a media center

Yea non of that matters for me. In a couple of years time when its time to upgrade I have to change out more stuff then the MB anyways

(2012-11-13 12:29)TriNitro Wrote:  Yea non of that matters for me. In a couple of years time when its time to upgrade I have to change out more stuff then the MB anyways

It's up to you to decide.....we just pointed out the different in it......

In case you want to convert it to RAID or Crossfire for full blown gaming in the future, the A85X will allow you to do that......

Quote:In case you want to convert it to RAID or Crossfire for full blown gaming in the future, the A85X will allow you to do that......

As many of us catch the HTPC bug we find we end up building multiple systems and sometimes the parts you buy for one HTPC will end up in another. Also after building a HTPC, a lot of people go on to build a NAS as their collection grows. So what Bluray and are saying if the price is the comparable, why not go with the piece of equipment that offers the most versatility.