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If the A6-6400K is anything like the A6-5400K, you've got two problems here:
1. It's going to bake in this case. I build these in the E-i7 case, my largest case, and it needs an 80mm system fan.
2. 90W is not enough. In the MSI BIOS alone, it will spike to 90-95W. You need 120W for these. You also cannot undervolt with the MSI so it might be hard to bring that consumption down though it won't matter because first visit to the BIOS it will crash and rest.
The Richland APUs are clocked a little higher than Trinity and power consumption, according to reviews, is a tiny bit more at load.
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(This post was last modified: 2013-06-09, 22:59 by eskro.)
actually, Richland APU's are said to have been tuned
to offer lower power consumption and higher clock speeds then Trinity.
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Dougie, you helped me with an A6-5400k build maybe 6 months ago. I use your E-I7 case with a Big Shuriken 2 and no additional case fans and it seems to be running just fine, even under heavy load it never gets too hot. For standard movie playing its just slightly warm always, when I try to game with it, it heats up but is still within reason.
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I have a slot-less version of that case now. I am pretty psyched. You could fit a 3.5" HDD or video card or big cooler in it. It only took me a year to convince them to make them!
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which version exactly Doug?