Features - AMD spills details on mainstream Richland APUs

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

TBH,you could always get,one of the cheaper coolers,and attach a better fan to it anyway. I have an old Noctua 92MM fan,which I might replace the Xigmatek fan with.

Edit!!

This Chinese site tested the LD963:

http://www.intomod.com/show.asp?id=9026&thisPage=11

Here are some pictures:

http://www.intomod.com/show.asp?id=8637

Comparison of the two versions:

http://chacha121.blog.163.com/blog/s...1303010223472/

[Biscuit]

I wonder if that will work in my parents ITX S775 Zotac 9300 HTPC.... worth a punt i guess

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I put up some pictures in my previous post. The LD964 is the version I have with a noisier fan. The LD963 is the later version with a quieter fan.

Amazon are out of stock of the LD963 ATM:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009XCI5Q...SIN=B009XCI5QC

However,the LD964 can be had for £12.99 from PC World:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/xigmat...28296-pdt.html

[Biscuit]

I need to make a post for it because TBH i dont know what to do with the damn thing. If i get time il try and do it tonight!

[malfunction]

I wonder if that will work in my parents ITX S775 Zotac 9300 HTPC.... worth a punt i guess

I have that mobo in my HTPC. It's in a shoebox case (SilverStone SG05) and I'm actually cooling it with a Corsair H60 now (but only because it was free - too expensive for a basic HTPC). Before the H60 I used various low profile CPU coolers and found that the chipset was creating a lot of heat - the CPU wasn't too bad in itself. I ended up using duct tape to secure an old (and happily fairly quiet) 50mm fan onto the chipset heatsink.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I use the motherboard myself too!!

http://forums.hexus.net/pc-hardware/...ossible-3.html

[Scribe]

It's rather clear that some of these new features were inspired by work done with Sony for the PS4! A good preview of what to expect.

[keithwalton]

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss he's just put on a different coat

[scaryjim]

The whole system power draw of the A6-3670K is 80W in Scaryjim's review:

http://forums.hexus.net/members/scar...2889-power.png

It's also worth noting that the stock aluminium cooler of fail kept my 3670K to ~ 52C in a smallish, unventilated cube case. That's hardly throttling temperature - in fact I wouldn't even call it hot. OTOH, it sounded like an early test jet turbine: bloody awful. It's probably livable with long term for most people, but it's far from desirable.

Incidentally, that same cooler is now sat on my 65W Phenom II and doing a much quieter job of keeping that under control in an even worse case for cooling. It's a long way from the best cooler on the planet, but it isn't as bad as a lot of people make out...

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The cooler was OK in my Antec ATX case,and I even used the A6 3670K with my HD5850 1GB at a LAN too. I didn't know it was OK in a smaller case. I do wonder if simply getting a better fan would be a cheaper way of improving the noise though??!!