A10-6800K for HTPC duty - my findings

[Insert_Nickname]

Well, curious to see how much power at what use the chip will produce and how cool it will stay with 7 security camera's attached in the system and the constant monitoring of the 7 camera's. Up till now all the pc's used got very hot at monitoring the 7 AVtech AVN363V security camera's(1.2Mpixel each). So now I'll try the APU to see if it works cooler. There is only 1 netbook in the system which always stays cool at monitoring the cams. That's a Lenovo netbook with an E350. Forgot what model the netbook is. Using a normal PC with a separate graphic card did not work out yet(has a 6450 now).Temps always go to 60C when monitoring.
This client had an AMD 965 and got a FX8320 PC delivered now.(standard dealer PC=no homebrew). He gets very nervous about high temps. He always thinks it will blow up. He tried an Intel system also but he became very nervous about the temps fluctuating so much. Its a mindset. If I tell him it does not matter he flips.

PS I will try TR@1080p with 2133mhz memory.

If you don't push the IGP too hard simultaneously, I don't think you'll have any problems. Even with the stock cooler.

 

[spdfreak]

Well, curious to see how much power at what use the chip will produce and how cool it will stay with 7 security camera's attached in the system and the constant monitoring of the 7 camera's. Up till now all the pc's used got very hot at monitoring the 7 AVtech AVN363V security camera's(1.2Mpixel each). So now I'll try the APU to see if it works cooler. There is only 1 netbook in the system which always stays cool at monitoring the cams. That's a Lenovo netbook with an E350. Forgot what model the netbook is. Using a normal PC with a separate graphic card did not work out yet(has a 6450 now).Temps always go to 60C when monitoring.
This client had an AMD 965 and got a FX8320 PC delivered now.(standard dealer PC=no homebrew). He gets very nervous about high temps. He always thinks it will blow up. He tried an Intel system also but he became very nervous about the temps fluctuating so much. Its a mindset. If I tell him it does not matter he flips.

PS I will try TR@1080p with 2133mhz memory.

I've used A8 5600K APU's in several NVR builds with up to 20 HD IP cameras. Typically, using exacq software, it is barely using anything- about 15% cpu and 20% memory (8GB). I suspect the software has a big influence on how much system resources are being used.

 

[Torn Mind]

Well, curious to see how much power at what use the chip will produce and how cool it will stay with 7 security camera's attached in the system and the constant monitoring of the 7 camera's. Up till now all the pc's used got very hot at monitoring the 7 AVtech AVN363V security camera's(1.2Mpixel each). So now I'll try the APU to see if it works cooler. There is only 1 netbook in the system which always stays cool at monitoring the cams. That's a Lenovo netbook with an E350. Forgot what model the netbook is. Using a normal PC with a separate graphic card did not work out yet(has a 6450 now).Temps always go to 60C when monitoring.
This client had an AMD 965 and got a FX8320 PC delivered now.(standard dealer PC=no homebrew). He gets very nervous about high temps. He always thinks it will blow up. He tried an Intel system also but he became very nervous about the temps fluctuating so much. Its a mindset. If I tell him it does not matter he flips.

PS I will try TR@1080p with 2133mhz memory.

Define what "very hot" means to him. Does it mean seeing CPU temps very high (via HWMonitor, etc) or does it mean the room whole room's temperature is getting toasty? If it is the CPU's reported temps, then an aftermarket cooler is the solution to his worries.

 

[bgt]

Define what "very hot" means to him. Does it mean seeing CPU temps very high (via HWMonitor, etc) or does it mean the room whole room's temperature is getting toasty? If it is the CPU's reported temps, then an aftermarket cooler is the solution to his worries.

60C, no problem really.

 

[bgt]

Ok, found out this guy got a Win 8 pc with a 8320 and 6450 card in it. But no AMD drivers were loaded. Thats why the pc got hot. Now it is hovering around 36C with 6 x 1.2Mpixel security cams. Tried the 6800 setup and that got to 45C with the same use. So the 8 core stayed cooler. 6 cams caused a 15-18% load on the cpu. On the 6800APU this got to 30-34% load. So scaling is ok.