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I'm using a very small case which is not much larger than mITX. Also the PCI-E sockets are inaccessible, so I need to use an APU and Intel APU's suck at graphics which kind of narrows my options to Trinity. An A10-5800K will outperform an i3 graphics + GT 630, so as a package it's a better...

I doubt this would be possible, because from my limited understanding of Trinity architecture, a lot of resources are shared by pairs of cores?

If anything that is worrying :biggrin: The 3870K is 65w right? - and low RPM fans will be using tiny amounts of power. I expect to be running my underclocked CPU and overclocked GFX at around 100% when gaming. :|

OK well at least I know I'm on the right track. The other slight concern is my 150w PSU. The SSD consumption is negligible and there will be no optical drives, so the only load is Mobo, APU, RAM and Fan. Even so, I'm worried that at peak load it could potentially be pushing dangerously close to...

I know about that RAM - I'm in the UK and it's hard to buy Samsung green - even harder to find it at a reasonable price. Thanks Centauri that's really useful. I've not dealt with an APU before - in the BIOS I presume you can set individual voltages for GFX core and CPU core? I'm not really...

Hi! I recently planned a HTPC build to use as a client for MediaPortal. As is often the case, the specification (and cost!) has crept up and it's now going to be a Gaming/HTPC in a very small case. The components are as follows: AMD A10 5800K Black Edition ASRock FM2A75M-DGS Samsung 830 128GB...