FM2 Vanilla v’s Black?

[ssmacc]

Hello,

I’m going to build a HTPC and would like a bit of advice regarding the FM2 CPU’s.

I’d like the HTPC to be quite but also as powerful as possible, I’ve been looking at the:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-327-AM&groupid=701&catid=1967&subcat=1946

v’s

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-331-AM&groupid=701&catid=1967&subcat=1946

I’ve noticed that the non-black version is only 65W TDP compared to the 100W TDP of the black version. As both are the same price I would normally go for the black version every time but I assume it’s going to chuck out more heat without any over clock due to the 100W TDP, am I right?

I guess the vanilla version would be power efficient and quieter? Although I assume I could underclock and undervault the black version to make it the same spec and have the option to over clock in the future?

Any advice welcome as I know little about the FM2.

Cheers

 

[CEUOTC]

I would personally go for the AMD A10-5700 and throw in a 3rd party cooler, the stock cooler is upto the job, however have fitted a Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler to a A-10 5800K in a Fractal Design Core 1000 and temps never peak over 30'c under full load.

After tweaking the MediaPC, loading bios default and setting ram to run at [email protected] gave the best results, if you are just using the APU then run the fastest ram you can get 2400MHz or 2133MHz should be fine, as the A-10 thrives on faster DDR3.

Depending on what case you go for will obviously make the decision for you, you could also look at the Cooler Master GeminII M4 or Noctua NH-C12P SE14 depending on budget.

Regards.

C.

 

[trickynickyuk]

HI i would go for the A10-5800k and do what you said use underclock for now then when you want more power verclock the hell out of it