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AMD launched their A-Series desktop platform ‘Lynx' and their first A-series desktop APU's in June last year. The initial line up included quad core processors, including the A8 3850/3800 and the A6 3650/3600. AMD also released a triple core version, called the A6 3500 a few months later. The latest range are called the ‘A4 APU'.
While this model isn't aimed at an audience who enjoy gaming at the highest screen resolutions with a huge framerate, it caters to a much broader audience while demanding a very low power draw at the socket. Does it live up to the “Jack of all trades” tag?
The A4 3400 has a TDP of just 60 watts, the same power requirement as a typical traditional light bulb, which means this low-powered APU doesn't require a particularly powerful power supply, nor does it require a huge cooling tower that you might see on some higher end processors.
This particular model would most likely be best suited to use in a home theatre PC; however, we wouldn't be surprised to see some businesses use this little power-saving chip within a fleet of office desktops. As it consumes so little power – they need not worry about any nasty electric bills at the end of the month.
Here are some of the official specifications by AMD:
| Processor Type: | AMD Dual-Core A4-Series APU for Desktops |
| Model | AMD A4-3400 APU with Radeon HD 6410D |
| Part Number | AD3400OJGXBOX |
| Socket Type | FM1 |
| Power Wattage | 65w |
| Frequency | 2700mhz |
| Processor L2 Cache Size | 1MB |
| CMOS | 32nm SOI |
| Fusion Control Hubs | D2/D3 FCH |
| Direct X Version | 11 |
| GPU Clock Speed | 600 MHz |
| GPU Memory | 512MB |
£50 for the cpu and £50 for the gigabyte mobo is pretty good isnt it ? id always been put off bying a system like this for my tv as the motherboards were often well over £100 even if the processors were cheap.
im tempted now. shall try and talk my credit card into accepting the charge.
Nice setup on Dabs for these, makes it easier to work out where to get the bits,
only thing is, they should have made some complete systems with memory, power supply etc, took a few quid from them. would have worked a lot better. seems a bit ‘half assed’ having a page with the A4’s and motherboards and nothing else. these are ideal for students who maybe need the help
Hybrid crossfire has always sucked, glad to see it hasnt gotten better all of a sudden.
not a bad deal for the price, but its probably slow as molasses for a work machine. Adding a cheap SSD might help.
Im curious, can it be overclocked?
its pretty good value for money. Not sure id want one, but would be good for a server system
I have that proc. and Gigabyte MB and i am very satisfied with that. Plus i got Ati Saphyre graphic card with 1 GB. As it was said, it is really good for lite gaming, and very cheap. And @Brian, yes it can be overclocked! 🙂
Is there such a thing as an intel atom quad core? The 6450 is pretty puny so really adds not very much except heat and cost. A 6670 or better would kick things up a notch/