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Looking to build a htpc based off the fm2 platform with either the msi or gigabyte mitx wifi boards.
since it would be used mainly for watching movies and streaming netflix, and occasion gaming, was looking at an A6 6400k for the price and since it will rarely be gaming, but found a bundle with the gigabyte board and a a8 5600k and cm elite 130 for $225, and a similar build without the bundle discount puts an A10 6800k at about $285, is there any major performance difference to consider the A10 over the A8 bundle? The other option is go for the A6 and wait for kaveri apus to lower.
Also I have an extra HD 5770 laying around, but has a rigged 90mm fan zip tied to the heatsink as the stock fan died so its bigger than the 2pcie slots in most mitx cases, but if i decided to replace the fan with aftermarket and get a Athlon X4 or is the A8 just as good as a Athlon X4? From what i can tell the Athlon cpus on fm2 are the same as the A8s spec wise at least the a8 6600k and x4 760k, slight clock speed difference but seems the same.
Edit: Forgot i have a sapphire toxic 5850, but seems overkill and runs a little warm, for a mitx case, but fits the 2 slot pci-e
So save money and go A6?, A8 bundle?, A10?, Athlon plus 5770? or get apu and 5770?
since it would be used mainly for watching movies and streaming netflix, and occasion gaming, was looking at an A6 6400k for the price and since it will rarely be gaming, but found a bundle with the gigabyte board and a a8 5600k and cm elite 130 for $225, and a similar build without the bundle discount puts an A10 6800k at about $285, is there any major performance difference to consider the A10 over the A8 bundle? The other option is go for the A6 and wait for kaveri apus to lower.
Also I have an extra HD 5770 laying around, but has a rigged 90mm fan zip tied to the heatsink as the stock fan died so its bigger than the 2pcie slots in most mitx cases, but if i decided to replace the fan with aftermarket and get a Athlon X4 or is the A8 just as good as a Athlon X4? From what i can tell the Athlon cpus on fm2 are the same as the A8s spec wise at least the a8 6600k and x4 760k, slight clock speed difference but seems the same.
Edit: Forgot i have a sapphire toxic 5850, but seems overkill and runs a little warm, for a mitx case, but fits the 2 slot pci-e
So save money and go A6?, A8 bundle?, A10?, Athlon plus 5770? or get apu and 5770?
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