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A good balanced part but I reckon the upgrade path might be too steep a price for many considering the gains aren't that great...
Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!
What has happened to Hexus Bang4Buck analysis? It was such a useful bit of the review, bring it back.
I'd definitely recommend the AMD APU over Intel's i3 offerings. Hopefully the next change brings the CPU side of things closer because I suspect a lot of people would not choose AMD based on that.
It would be nice to compare the 4 trinity APUs available against each other to get an idea of the best value APU.
Good review, but bang-for-buck and comparison of motherboard prices would make this far more useful for real world decisions.
For a budget PC it looks like it's Trinity ftw. I hope they manage to get the chips and motherboards in stock - finding the latest generation laptops is like looking for a needle in a haystack with all the old stock kicking around.
No fast RAM comparison?
Not overclocking the CPU and then running game benchmarks is a bit of a dun-goof as well. We know there is a potent GPU on the package with a gimped CPU - overclocking the CPU may yield better results than raising the GPU's frequency up. Can you not overclock both at the same time?
Last edited by Terbinator; 02-10-2012 at 10:23 AM.
Kalniel: "Nice review Tarinder - would it be possible to get a picture of the case when the components are installed (with the side off obviously)?"
CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
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for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
If you want to buy a new computer for 720p gaming then it's great.
I guess a lot depends on how well dual graphics works.
Separate article perhaps? After all, we were promised it in the recent Geil EVO review...Originally Posted by Terbinator
But these ship with a recommended frequency of 1866 to begin with. It isn't too hard to knock a multiplier up and down.Separate article perhaps? After all, we were promised it in the recent Geil EVO review...
I didn't see anything in this one about further articles, though.
Kalniel: "Nice review Tarinder - would it be possible to get a picture of the case when the components are installed (with the side off obviously)?"
CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
TKPeters: "Off to AVForum better Deal - £20+Vat for Free Shipping @ Scan"
for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
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Another great review!!
I see that no review websites got the 65W TDP A10-5700!!
Edit: nvm.another great review!!
i see that no review websites got the 65w tdp a10-5700!!
Kalniel: "Nice review Tarinder - would it be possible to get a picture of the case when the components are installed (with the side off obviously)?"
CAT-THE-FIFTH: "The Antec 300 is a case which has an understated and clean appearance which many people like. Not everyone is into e-peen looking computers which look like a cross between the imagination of a hyperactive 10 year old and a Frog."
TKPeters: "Off to AVForum better Deal - £20+Vat for Free Shipping @ Scan"
for all intents it seems to be the same card minus some gays name on it and a shielded cover ? with OEM added to it - GoNz0.
Regarding the A10-5700,it appears no one is selling it either!! Its been available in pre-built desktops for months. Another AMD marketing fail.
Any chance Hexus can get the A6-5400K in for review?? It would be interesting to see how this does against the Pentiums both at stock clockspeeds and overclocked.
Ebuyer have it on pre-order for £90
Be interesting to see how much it loses out in the x86 benchmarks, and how much of that is offset by power savings.
EDIT: just to add: Holy Cow! I just realised that 2133MHz RAM + GPU overclock == 20% better graphics performance in 3D Mark Vantage
CAT-THE-FIFTH (02-10-2012)
Nice review. I agree that the power characteristics appear to be the Achilles heel in what appears to be a very solid £100 chip.
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