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2012-11-10, 11:29
(This post was last modified: 2012-11-10, 20:29 by tutu.)
Interesting, I have a A6 5400K here I haven't even opened yet (waiting on my Pico 160W PSU from the US). I wouldn't mind the better GPU of the A10 (just for emulators like dolphin)
Was 140W in BIOS? I thought you had a 90W PICO, didn't think that would even boot! How are your temps compared to the A6?
I wonder if you could underclock/disable turbo on the A6 as well.
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How do you reduce the maximum clock - I mean how low does it go? I haven't tinkered with a PC in a while
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Actually now that I think about it, not really sure what CPU would be best for dolphin. A6 5400K with turbo enabled upto - 3.8Ghz or A10 with turbo disabled (GPU power) say about 3.1Ghz
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It depends on what you need. If its GPU power, then go with the A10-5700 and slow down the CPU part. Otherwise a Intel APU would be the best, cause they are more efficient in their CPU part. But all Intels lack of GPU power to speak about. So a dedicated card is a must here.
The A10-5700 has enough power for all modern games - some even with maximum detail. So OK for casual players in my eyes.
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2012-11-11, 17:53
(This post was last modified: 2012-11-11, 17:56 by MikeRD03.)
TDP may not tell the power consumption of an APU, but it SHOULD give you a good hint, cause the drawn 125W input power have to go somewhere and this is almost heat! TDP should tell me the size of cooler I will need, but the current AMD TDP specs are crap - at least on these high end APUs.
It seams this is a tradeoff for their old die structure size with 32nm. An APU with 120W TDP is not sellable that good with rising power cost. A shrink to 22nm almost a must for the next generation.
I have to say I was not that surprised measuring the power draw at my A10-5700 the first time, cause it almost doubles CPU and GPU power in comparision to my old A6-3500. And this is impossible without taking more power, even with their new piledriver design. So I can say, I got what I expected. :-)
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That's possible, no question. But a i3-2120T/HD6670 combination is significantly more expensive, spacier and most important for me - a passive cooling is much more complex and costly. So no alternative, indeed. :-)
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Is it possible to disable one/two of the piledriver cores? on the A10?
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No, deactivating of single cores is not possible, never saw such an option, though.
You can disable Turbo and/or lower CPU clock for saving energy.
I had 20 seconds to change the bios before it hangs. So first thing to do was disabling the CPU Turbo! ;-)
