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In order to test the APU, we are using a mixture of synthetic benchmarks in addition to a series of games; this was intended to test the widest range of the abilities of the system.
The system was housed inside a Xigmatek Gigas case that provides adequate cooling (by way of 4 x 120mm fans supplied with the case) in a small form factor, the size of which could be ideally used to house a HTPC.
All system drivers were up to date at the time of reviewing and we used the latest version of AMD's Control Engine software.
The test system specification is below:
Processor: AMD Llano A4 3400.
Cooling: Stock Cooler.
Graphics: AMD 6410D, 160 Radeon cores integrated in the processing unit (Dedicated VTX 1GB 6450 added for Crossfire results).
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A55M-DS2.
Chassis: Xigmatek Gigas.
Power: ThermalTake Smart 430w.
Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) AMD Entertainment Edition 1600Mhz DDR3 @9-9-9-28 timings (Manufacturered by Patriot).
Storage: 40GB Mushkin Castillo SSD.
The software used was Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1, 64-bit Edition. This version of Windows 7 was felt to reflect the software used on many home user systems, whilst taking advantage of 64-bit support provided by the hardware.
£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/