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.
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