My Fusion Build with some pics

welshdragon

welshdragon

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Right, as you know I recently set about building a HTPC based on the new AMD Fusion platform. I bought the following:

ASRock E350 Fusion Board
4gb DDR3
Antec ISK-100 case incl 90w psu
250gb WD 2.5" HD
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

Installation was a touch tedious due to the size of the case and conversely the size of my hands! However, I managed to shoehorn it all in.

I was intially concerned I had made a mistake going for the ASRock board as it isn't passively cooled. Other than that it had everything I needed at the right price point. It has a nice UEFI Bios and the two changes I made were allocating a dedicated 512mb ram to the onboard gfx and changing the target fan speed from 9 to 1 in the bios. It is whisper quiet. Anyone concerned about noise don't be. I did also increase the target temp as the case I am using has a 10cm fan on the side also keeping everything cool.

Piccies:








So far I've setup windows 7 and installed XBMC. It is really quite nippy and no probs with XBMC and streaming HD content form my NAS box. I also treated myself to a Logitech diNovo Mini as the primary controller. Happy happy!
 
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Will see what I can find. May be a tin of hoops!

The diNovo mini is flawless so far. Plugged in the usb dongle and it just works. It has two modes on it you can switch between mini keyboard and mce remote function. Still getting used to it. My only minor critiscism is the back plate over teh battery, feels a bit loose when I grip it.
 
sahjin said:
I've just built something similar myself (same MB) was thinking of doing a project log myself but i am chuffed to bits with it as well, like you i put 4Gb of RAM in there and pushed 512Mb to the GPU and i'm in love, such a lot of power for something so small and i mean small i was shocked when i seen it ha ha

PS - loving the case, didn't see that one when i was looking around for one - nice find :)
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Yeah I'm really chuffed with it too. A mate just built one a month or two ago using an ION board and he's gutted.

Support@ANTEC said:
Looking great welshdragon, thanks a lot for those pictures. How are the temperatures of your setup with the noiseless setting? Would also love to see it in the enviroment where it will be used.
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Temps are hovering around 30c-35c. Its hiding behind my tv at the moment as the rest of my setup is nothign special.

DiCe! said:
Im running a shuttle at the moment and im getting so annoyed with it. how much did it set you back in the end? really like the look of it!
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You'd need a bigger case to stick a card in there. I went for this one as I didn't need a card and its a pure nettop/streamer for me.

I was also considering this case with a bluray drive at the time:
Thermaltake VL52021N2 Element Q 220W Mini ITX Case
 
Both cpu/gpu, off the top of my head after an hour of two of installing windows and updates etc it was hoverig mid 30's. What fusion board have you got and whats the case like?

Bare in mind my case is perforated ont he one side all over with a 10cm fan directly over the mobo so bound to run perhaps a bit cooler?
 
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Mr.Fantastic said:
I have got the Gigabyte GA-E350N and the case is Lian Li V350 modified to this

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18500383/rofl.jpg (black blob is the cpu HS)

The little drawing shows the 120m fan i added tonight to see if it drops the temps, i also redid the cpu paste which dropped 10c all the load temp to 63c.
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Thats cool, let us know how you get on. Have you got cool'n'quiet enabled? That helps also.

Regards temps I'm not sure what these things should eb getting, so you might not have to worry?
 
Oddly its buffering some movies but not others. eg 2gb video Jumper constantly buffering. However a 1.5 gb video it's not. Difference is Jumper is mkv and the other one is avi. Can't work it out.

Also can't find a good skin for xbmc and not fussed on the confluence one.

I want one which gives a cover flow type layout for movies/music
 
Found an answer to the buffering, appears the two hand me down comtrend homeplugs fomr bt have issues. Red light indicating 1-4 mbps throughput *sigh*

didnt have any trouble with my solwise 85mbps ones....
 
No the case isn't as sleek as teh revo, however its tucked away behind the tv so had no use for aesthetics in this build. Fan sticks out only a couple of mm's and I agree I could probably run it without the cpu fan as the case fan covers half the mobo lol

PSU is inaudible and the system is like a quiet whisper for comparion. Can't hear it behind the tv. Still getting used to the diNovo mini, though I fear I may part ways with it. Shall give it another weak. My homeplugs failed plus I'm on holiday so haven't had a full play with it.
 
In related news my bt comtrend homeplugs have completely failed. Shiney new solwise gigabit homeplugs on their way!

So no streaming at all to my shiney new htpc. gutted. Had to use a usb stick so teh wwife could watch a film

sigh
 
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