I have an FM2 MB - looking to upgrade processor so APU or Athlon?
OK I am using an A4 5300 which needs upgrading cause it is slow. I only bought that to flash the Gigabyte MB Bios on my sons build so it would take his 7700. The 5300 is slow however (well it was...
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In my environment, I have a few of the Athlon trinity X4 processors. Very good machines. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113379
View ArticleI have an FM2 MB - looking to upgrade processor so APU or Athlon?
Have actually decided - have just bought the Athlon X4 860K Quadcore 3.7Ghz 4MB from Amazon, half the price of an equivalent A10 APU and it is unlocked so could be over-clocked if I so wished.Great...
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Went from 6.1 to 7.4 in the W7 Experience index which is not bad for £50.
View ArticleI have an FM2 MB - looking to upgrade processor so APU or Athlon?
I use the APUs for low power feeds like video or audio playback only. Anything you need horsepower for like graphics rendering (photoshop, etc, or gaming) or transcoding - go with an Athlon.
View ArticleI have an FM2 MB - looking to upgrade processor so APU or Athlon?
My only disappointment since upgrading to Athlon is now the fan occasionally goes mental whenever I am doing anything processor intensive which it didn't seem to do with the APU. I even upgraded to...
View ArticleI have an FM2 MB - looking to upgrade processor so APU or Athlon?
The Athlon x4 860k is 95w TDP. The A4-5300 was only 65w.
View ArticleI have an FM2 MB - looking to upgrade processor so APU or Athlon?
Looking at upgrading stock CPU fan, seems like it might be a good idea.Edit: Cooler master Hyper 212e Evo now purchased. (Got to stop spending money on this thing).
View ArticleI have an FM2 MB - looking to upgrade processor so APU or Athlon?
For those thinking about the new Athlon's, the stock cooler had the processor showing 58C in the Bios until I added the Cooler Master as mentioned above. It also got noisy in Windows 10 when I was...
View ArticleI have an FM2 MB - looking to upgrade processor so APU or Athlon?
OK I am using an A4 5300 which needs upgrading cause it is slow. I only bought that to flash the Gigabyte MB Bios on my sons build so it would take his 7700. The 5300 is slow however (well it was...
View ArticleI have an FM2 MB - looking to upgrade processor so APU or Athlon?
In my environment, I have a few of the Athlon trinity X4 processors. Very good machines. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113379
View ArticleI have an FM2 MB - looking to upgrade processor so APU or Athlon?
Have actually decided - have just bought the Athlon X4 860K Quadcore 3.7Ghz 4MB from Amazon, half the price of an equivalent A10 APU and it is unlocked so could be over-clocked if I so wished.Great...
View ArticleI have an FM2 MB - looking to upgrade processor so APU or Athlon?
Went from 6.1 to 7.4 in the W7 Experience index which is not bad for £50.
View ArticleI have an FM2 MB - looking to upgrade processor so APU or Athlon?
I use the APUs for low power feeds like video or audio playback only. Anything you need horsepower for like graphics rendering (photoshop, etc, or gaming) or transcoding - go with an Athlon.
View ArticleI have an FM2 MB - looking to upgrade processor so APU or Athlon?
My only disappointment since upgrading to Athlon is now the fan occasionally goes mental whenever I am doing anything processor intensive which it didn't seem to do with the APU. I even upgraded to...
View ArticleI have an FM2 MB - looking to upgrade processor so APU or Athlon?
The Athlon x4 860k is 95w TDP. The A4-5300 was only 65w.
View ArticleI have an FM2 MB - looking to upgrade processor so APU or Athlon?
Looking at upgrading stock CPU fan, seems like it might be a good idea.Edit: Cooler master Hyper 212e Evo now purchased. (Got to stop spending money on this thing).
View ArticleI have an FM2 MB - looking to upgrade processor so APU or Athlon?
For those thinking about the new Athlon's, the stock cooler had the processor showing 58C in the Bios until I added the Cooler Master as mentioned above. It also got noisy in Windows 10 when I was...
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