Reviews - AMD A10-5800K Trinity: why it needs faster RAM

[fusioned]

I know it's a little nitpicky, but I'd like to see power usage levels when using faster RAM. It could be that there is a linear increase in power, or it is negligible, in which case it's a win-win. I'd be very interested in the power efficiency especially in the view of using Trinity as a SFF HTPC.

Interesting to see how memory bandwidth tests prefer lower timings against the graphical benchmarks emphasising frequency.

[heXuser]

So 1866MHz rating with a bit of an overclcock is best way to go i think

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

So 1866MHz rating with a bit of an overclcock is best way to go i think

You can get 2133MHZ DDR3 for almost the same price as 1866MHZ DDR3. Drop some of that in and OC the IGP a bit,is what I would do IMHO.

[GazP172]

Does the IGP require system Memory setting to 1 side or does it grab it as required? I was thinking about building an APU system with RAM disk but I'm guessing ideally I'll need more than 8gb ...

System - 4gb
Ramdisk - 4gb
IGP - ?