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Hardware AMD A10-5800K review

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by brumgrunt, 3 Oct 2012.

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  1. runadumb

    runadumb What's a Dremel?

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  2. tyepye

    tyepye Minimodder

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    Brief details from the ExpertReviews review

     
    tyepye, 3 Oct 2012
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  3. faxiij

    faxiij Minimodder

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    I wish AMD would stop failing. :(
     
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  4. Paradigm Shifter

    Paradigm Shifter de nihilo nihil fit

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    Others have already pointed out what I was going to in response to the earlier posts about AMD being "underhanded".

    I'm tempted, but I'm not totally sold. Might be fun to get an ITX system and do something with that, though. It'd make a nice HTPC/low-power gamer...

    Would also be very interested in detailed OpenCL benches.
     
    Paradigm Shifter, 3 Oct 2012
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  5. tonyd223

    tonyd223 king of nothing

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    Hasn't anyone noticed? This is surely just a strategy to keep selling the old HD6670...
     
    tonyd223, 3 Oct 2012
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  6. GuilleAcoustic

    GuilleAcoustic Ook ? Ook !

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    What makes you think that ?
     
    GuilleAcoustic, 3 Oct 2012
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  7. Bungletron

    Bungletron Minimodder

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    I think they crossfired a HD 6670 with the onboard at tomshardware
     
    Bungletron, 3 Oct 2012
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  8. Bungletron

    Bungletron Minimodder

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    At scan I can buy the chip, no motherboards to put it in!
     
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  9. GuilleAcoustic

    GuilleAcoustic Ook ? Ook !

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    Trinity IGP is based on VLIW4 architecture (i.e. HD6000) and not on GCN (i.e. HD7000). That's why you can't xFire it with HD7000 series. GCN is due to be used in Kaveri, the 3rd gen APU (with up to 512 SP).
     
    GuilleAcoustic, 3 Oct 2012
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  10. veato

    veato I should be working

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    My nephew needs a cheap gaming PC but still wants to play modern shooters, etc.

    I could buy this:

    A10 + 6670 in hybrid crossfire and FM2 board (£215 approx)

    or this:

    i3-2120 + B75 board + 7750 (£223 approx)

    Would the A10 work out better here?
     
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  11. GuilleAcoustic

    GuilleAcoustic Ook ? Ook !

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    I'd go for i3 + 7750. xFire is not supported by all games and can end up with worse performances than with a single card.
     
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  12. littlepuppi

    littlepuppi Currently playing MWO and loving it

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    get the pentium G850 and put the extra 30 - 40 quid towards getting a 7850 - if he games you need GPU GPU GPU...
     
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  13. GuilleAcoustic

    GuilleAcoustic Ook ? Ook !

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    was going to add this same advise.
     
    GuilleAcoustic, 3 Oct 2012
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  14. sandys

    sandys Multimodder

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    The people that buy these low end systems are quite likely to be the same people who were buying Atom/Brazos and crappy old celerons and quite happy doing photo editing with those chips having never seen a benchmark.
     
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  15. veato

    veato I should be working

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    Although probably better that's still around £40 more than the A10 option. Depending on how generous his parents are feeling it might not be an option.
     
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  16. GuilleAcoustic

    GuilleAcoustic Ook ? Ook !

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    GuilleAcoustic, 3 Oct 2012
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  17. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    I've got my proposed build planned out - comes in at just shy of £450, including an £80 case, £50 PSU, £55 120GB SSD ('cos why not) and 16GB of CL9 1,866MHz RAM. Should make for a tasty little upgrade, if I can ever afford it...
    http://www.ebuyer.com/lists/list/67705
     
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  18. whatsthatnoise

    whatsthatnoise What's a Dremel?

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    Seems not really worth to overclock this one, does it? The performance gain is really small, compared to an even higher power draw.
     
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  19. GuilleAcoustic

    GuilleAcoustic Ook ? Ook !

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    I'm going for roughly the same but with 2400MHz ram and A10-5700. Scratch case design incoming, with DIY DAC and DIY power amp inside :D .... muMetal shielding planned too
     
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  20. mediapcAddict

    mediapcAddict What's a Dremel?

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    I think AMD would have been better having an option for a seperate channel for graphics memory. For a modern cpu 1600Mhz is plenty, but for a gpu faster is better. ( currently 8 gb of 1600mhz ddr3 is £31 - 8 GB of 2133 is £47 - at the value end of the scale it is noticable )
     
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