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AMD A6-3500 APU with AMD Radeon 6530 HD Graphics 2.1/2.4GHz Socket FM1 65W Triple-Core Processor - Retail AD3500OJGXBOX (Personal Computers)

AMD A6-3500 Llano Triple-Core 2.1GHz (2.4GHz Max Turbo) Socket FM1 65W AD3500OJGXBOX Desktop APU (CPU GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6530D Series: A-Series APU (CPU GPU) L2 Cache: 3MB Cooling Device: Heatsink and fan included Manufacturing Tech: 32nm 64-Bit Support: Yes Virtualization Technology Support: Yes
5.0 out of 5 stars
I bought this hoping to build a decent HTPC rig that could handle any media I throw at it as well as anything else I didn't think of. I didn't build this for gaming and have not tested the APU against any graphics-intense games.
I was worried at first that the stock heatsink/fan would be too loud for an HTPC, but I was wrong. Even under full load, this thing is quiet and cool (I can barely hear it unless I put my head right next to the case). I think this is in part due to the fact it is only 65W TDP. Having the three cores is a nice bonus (would have bought the 4-core with 65W TDP if I could find it for sale...), but the three cores are more than enough for all multimedia, browsing the Internet, decompressing files, etc. Blu-Ray playback is butter-smooth as is all multimedia I've thrown at it.

All in all, a perfect processor/GPU combination for a great price that does everything I wanted it too very smoothly.

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I bought this hoping to build a decent HTPC rig that could handle any media I throw at it as well as anything else I didn't think of. I didn't build this for gaming and have not tested the APU against any graphics-intense games.I was worried at first that the stock heatsink/fan would be too loud for an HTPC, but I was wrong. Even under full load, this thing is quiet and cool (I can barely hear it unless I put my head right next to the case). I think this is in part due to the fact it is only 65W TDP. Having the three cores is a nice bonus (would have bought the 4-core with 65W TDP if I could find it for sale...), but the three cores are more than enough for all multimedia, browsing the Internet, decompressing files, etc. Blu-Ray playback is butter-smooth as is all multimedia I've thrown at it.All in all, a perfect processor/GPU combination for a great price that does everything I wanted it too very smoothly.My HTPC build for those who are...Read more
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