Unboxing and Sharing - Welcome to Richland!

[MacClipper]

Yeah, stock HSF is CMI for o'cing locally.

 

[Convergent Systems SG]

Morning peeps!

It available at VIDEOPRO , PCTHEMES and TRADEPAC!!!

SRP is $214

GOGOGO!

/jt

 

[JasK]

It's in! 205 for chip alone. On average it's 40$ more above existing 5800k bundle.

What mobo are you pairing it with?

 

[JasK]

Hi nannan82,

There is still the low profile version of HD6670 for sale.

Refer to your pm if you really do need a HD6670 F1G.

CS, can pm me info on hd6670 f1g too

 

[mashpotato120]

What mobo are you pairing it with?

I pair it with asrock extreme6. Not the cheapest bundle.

 

[MacClipper]

I pair it with asrock extreme6. Not the cheapest bundle.

Definitely one of the best mobos esp for o'cing the gpu, any results yet?

 

[mashpotato120]

Definitely one of the best mobos esp for o'cing the gpu, any results yet?

This is abit late, but here is my daily usage settings, haven got the time to OC / tweak much further.

Running default voltage / settings , only OC the APU graphics to 1000mhz.

AMD Radeon HD 8670D video card benchmark result - AMD A10-6800K,ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6

Funny thing is the temp is damn high even with the new xigmatek gaia. I know its not a top end cooler but still .

On default AMD cooler it can go up to 110c when running prime 95. Now its abt 80-85 hot but still much better.

Have to say im relatively pleased with the performance, nothing to shout about but enough to game at 1600x900 "smoothly"

 

[MacClipper]

Inadequate casing ventilation?

 

[mashpotato120]

Dont think so, but worth a shot.

Currently is just 2 fan on cpu cooler + 1 exhaust. top got 2 opening but no fan.

Maybe try buying a 140mm fan put infront or buy 1 fan as inhale on the top.

 

[MacClipper]

Use the age old method - remove side panels and blow table fan at cpu area to see if it is.

 

[morgankell]

Odd. if i could cool an mildly overclocked fx 8320 with a push pull gaia with core temp around 60 (using prime). Your temp are a bit high. Thermal paste applied and hs secured properly?

 

[Convergent Systems SG]

Hi Jask,

Pm send.

CS, can pm me info on hd6670 f1g too

 

[MacClipper]

Budget Richland APU-Mobo Bundle ~USD100
Wonder if we can achieve somewhere close to this locally?

Newegg Combo USD96
AMD A4-4000 Richland
ASRock FM2A55M-DGS


Outlet PC Combo USD110
AMD A4-4000 FM2 Richland Processor and mATX Motherboard Bundle


Attractive enough for a budget PC?

My Budget SOHO Richland mITX Rig
With a spare mITX FM2 mobo lying around so decided to cook up this SOHO budget rig destined for its future home in a really compact case later. The Sandisk Extreme SSD will make way for a mech. HDD later, tough tolerating a mech. HDD slow boots for installation and testing these days.

★ ASRock A75M-ITX | A4-4000 Richland | 8GB KVR1333 | Stock AMD HSF | HD 7480D | TT Smart 630W | Sandisk Extreme 240GB ★

Was too plain lazy to dig out the faithful Trinity 5800K just to flash the latest Richland savvy BIOS for the mobo so took the path of least resistance, just whack and pray... whee, no problemo cos the old P1.50 BIOS simply booted up just fine and the new BIOS updated.

This is the new P2.70 BIOS showing abundant promising RAM options but alas, this neutered low end Richland max out at DDR3-1333 support.

...

 

[MacClipper]

CPU-Z

GPU-Z

hwinfo64

WEI
One of normally skipped benchmarks, did this just to see what WEI thinks of this budget APU.

PassMark

Summary

As this rig is destined to be a minimalist budget SOHO system, the iGPU HD 7480D should be more than sufficient. Fewer parts likely mean less potential issues, both hardware and driver wise. I had also skipped most of the usual rigorous benchmarks cos the main emphasis is the fitness for its targeted tasks & budget. It runs pretty cool and quiet enough and a few hours of surfing and office application usage show it to be nimble yet stable. Once encased, it will be joining the reliable older A8-3870K SOHO ITX rig in the office.

As someone had pointed out, socket longevity and compatibility is impt to some. A few years down the line, there is likely a higher possibility of getting FM2 or newer AMD mobos to sustain this rig, if needed, vs other offerings.

 

[MacClipper]

Richland fun...

Trying out the A10-6800k. Haven't dialed the voltages correctly yet. This is fun. SuperPI run was with Stilt's conditioner patch.

 

[MacClipper]

Intel Haswell vs AMD Richland - the GPU test | bit-tech.net

 

[MacClipper]

Hey, even the boss says it's OK!

Richland will post just fine on any FM2 motherboard.

 

[asmira]

what is the power consumption like with this?

 

[MacClipper]

what is the power consumption like with this?

Didn't measure the Richland but maybe can aga aga from my old 5600K power and temps measurements posted in the Trinity thread. OK, will quote it here for your convenience.

A8-5600K Real World Measurements

The A8-5600K is now transferred to another rig and encased for real world testing, the compact mATX casing used is the >6 year old IN WIN BT IW-BT610 with bundled 240W TFX PowerMan PSU previously mentioned in this same thread. Storage is a 7.2K rpm Seagate Barracuda 500GB HD. The most stressful thing running on this rig for now is probably long periods DOTA2 gaming over the weekends.

A8-5600 with HD7560D | ASRock FM2A85X Extreme4-M | 8GB KVR1600 | AMD 4 heatpipe HSF | 240W TFX PowerMan

Measurements were done with hobby class instruments...

Idle - 20W

Load during long DOTA2 gaming - 54W!

hwinfo64 reports a max load APU temp of ~50C only - makes a really nice cool and parsimonious gaming rig for non-hardcore gamers.

 

[haylui]

nice temps...