Edit: Turns out I'm that out of touch with AMDs line nowadays.

(This post was last modified: 04/10/2011 01:59 PM by S7*.)

(04/10/2011 01:09 PM)ProperBritish Wrote:  plenty powerful enough, depends on what you want it for.

it can play today's games, just definitely not on maximum.

Nah, HD5450 is a HTPC card, not really designed for gaming.  It's like like lowest end card you can get from the HD5000 line.

You probably won't be able to play today's games at a satisfactory level (maybe on low or very low).

(This post was last modified: 04/10/2011 03:56 PM by Assassinator.)

Comparing with Newegg prices (since I have no idea what stores are good in the UK):

• AMD Athlon II X2 250 $62
  
• PowerColor Go! Green AX5450 1GBK3-SH Radeon HD 5450 1GB Low Profile $35
  
• Pareema 4GB DDR3 1333 $20
  
• Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" $55
  
• ASRock A770DE+ AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard $54
  
• SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA $17
  
• Rosewill RNX-N150PC PCI 2.2 Wireless Adapter $10
  

Have no idea about the case + PSU, but without it, that's US$253 ≈ 164GBP.  Value not bad, especially if UK prices are higher and considering that this is pre-assembled.  Note that they don't supply info on various things - it would suck if the 1TB HDD was a Green drive for example.

But compare:

• AMD A6-3650 Llano Quad Core 2.6GHz HD6530D graphics $120
  
• G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600 $40
  
• Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" $55
  
• ASRock A55M-HVS FM1 AMD A55 $59
  
• SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA $17
  
• Rosewill RNX-N150PC PCI 2.2 Wireless Adapter $10
  

Total US$301 ≈ 195GBP
Double RAM, quad core CPU, slightly better graphics for +US$50.
I believe the onboard graphics teams up with a dedicated card so if you want better gaming performance, you can slot in a video card for a boost.

(This post was last modified: 04/10/2011 06:26 PM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)

Compared to what?  The second build?

(This post was last modified: 07/10/2011 12:15 AM by Method.)

I think the highest card which supports Hybrid Crossfire is the HD6790 - but check that.  Also probably check whether the motherboard supports it, though my guess is that it should.

If you want higher graphics than the HD6790, then I wouldn't suggest the above build since the Llano's graphics power goes to waste.