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the A6-3600 is nowhere near the A6-3650 passmark...

consider that it equipped with identical graphic card (AMD HD6530D), i doubt that you can tell any different with 1080p playback.

AMD A6-3650 2.6GHz Llano APU Review

[whatzcrackin]

for me, yes, but i feel you want to go the towards that BEstBuy build...
if you'll be happy with it, then, go for it.

I'm just curious as to why youd go for the nd22 instead of the a6 desktop.
Is it because of the size factor or do you not like AMD?

[eskro]

my htpc cpu is an amd
size factor and ssd

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my htpc cpu is an amd
size factor and ssd

i still think that amd a6-3600 (2.1ghz 4-core), amd hd6530d, 1tb hd, 4gb of ram, hdmi, usb 3.0, windows 7, etc for $399 is a great deal for him. it's should be better than zotac nd22. the slim case is not very big either. if it sit on its side, it's very similar size as htpc micro atx case. if he want to upgrade it in the future, there is room to upgrade too.

[eskro]

aslong as whatzcrackin's happy, were all happy

[whatzcrackin]

my only concern is the cpu, isnt 2.1 ghz kind of slow. i don't want things to be sluggish.

[eskro]

CPU performance is not all about how many GHz it has...

thar A6-3600 is a QUad-Core!!

forget about sluggishness!!

[whatzcrackin]

Gonna go with this one instead, I think it has a better processor and more harddrive space (hdd's are expensive now) and, it's cheaper. I also got a 10% coupon. If I have to I'll add a video card later, I know some ppl say intel graphics aren't good.

http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sk...xedcode=WW