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Socket FM1 or wait for FM2?

malachi

malachi

malachi

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I’m looking to upgrade my media centre which is currently a Athlon x2 4800 (skt AM2), Radeon HD 5450, and 3gig of DDR2. I want to start using this for light gaming to play Diablo 3 and Fifa 12 on my 47 TV in my living room.

Looking around at the all in one solutions, I noticed AMD Llano looks like a good for light gaming on the cheap, less than £120 to spend on CPU, motherboard with integrated graphics. I know the socket FM1 is a dead socket and their AMD Trinity using the socket FM2 is on its way. Is it best to hold out for Trinity or get the Llano now?

I would buy an AM3+ motherboard with a Bulldozer CPU but the integrated graphics on the motherboards available seems to go no higher than Radeon HD 3000 and I don’t want to spend extra money on dedicated graphics card because of this.
 
I'd wait for FM2. It can't be too much longer until release, and the benchmarks have looked pretty good.
As good as Llano is, I'd not really want to invest in a dead platform.*



*I never want to invest in dead platforms, but I frequently do... :D
 
Trinity laptops are available to buy right now so maybe not too long to wait for the desktop parts.
 
Found this about a delay:

we heard from numerous motherboard makers that desktop versions of Trinity are delayed until the fall. Some thought the chip would show up in September, others anticipated its arrival in October, and one thought it would be even later than that
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Doesn't look like you should wait.
 
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