Llano sorta SFF build

Well got this board on a whim for a cheap mess about didnt turn out like that tho. Have no idea what this rig is going to be used for started out as the family pc, but now...

First we have the heart of it all the APU











Just testing out the setup before it goes in.



Stock cooler wasnt cutting it and was super loud.





First test fit and my current spare psu doesnt fit the case due to the way the internal power lead fits. So guess its time to add a new psu to the build.



Was not clocking well with the Kingston hyper x I had so while looking for a new psu also picked up some ram and what the hell a new SSD.

Think the Be Quiet! just looks like the dogs dangles in any case.



Only drive going in is going to be the Solid 3 SSD.



Memory just clears the heatsink but the fan had to be moved up by one fin and only way to get the ram in or out is by removing the whole heatsink.



Need to tidy up a bit and get the black sata cables in, think it looks much better with the Be Quiet! Silent Wing fans then the stock silverstone. If only I could have found a PWM set.



Spec as it stands now.

A8-3850
Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H
Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro @ 3.62Ghz
Mushkin Ridgeback Blackline 8GB 1866Mhz @ 1600Mhz 9-9-9-24
OCZ Solid 3 60GB
NEC slot load BD-ROM
Corsair AX750
Silverstone FT03B

so awesome m8

All done now, what you think?



























Tried my had at a bit of braiding with the pwr, reset, hdd led and power led.







I've taken out the hot-swap hdd mount and the lower hdd mount. I plan to run the rear I/O cable's down the slot for the hot-swap drive and make a hole near the bottom power socket for all the cables to come out.

Even more awesome than before

Damn I think I gotta get me a silver one of those

That looks like a superb build, the case makes much more sense now I've seen additional pictures!

What graphics card you got in there?

Whats performance like on something like crysis 2 with DX11 and hi res pack?

BTW looks awesome.

what's the hight on the inside? (floor to roof)

I'm definately going to go this route when I move out and have a tech refresh, already have my basket prep'd up, it's such a nice looking case and good idea.

..can't have a new room without a fresh looking desk

Also, I'm assuming a A70 would fit in there?

Nice build

How do you find it runs in two minds of going for a Asus E35M1-I DELUXE or pushing the boat out and looking at Asus F1A75-I Deluxe + llano AMD APU A8 3850.

Main concerns are the noise I have a low profile htpc case already and tempetd by the E35M1-I purley for the fanless design but its not a lot more for the Llano setup for quad core + slightly more powerfull gpu, but as you mention stock cooling isnt silent.

Rig will mainly just be used to run xmbc/boxee through win7 (for blueray support).

Why go with Llano if you are using a dedicated graphics card?

dual graphics^^