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On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Folderol  wrote:
> Someone asked about A series AMD machines a while ago. I kept quiet

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> because I

> was in the process of getting one. Here is the spec:

>

> MBO     ASUS=AE F2A55-M LE

> CPU     AMD A8-5600K Quad Core APU (3.6GHz) & Radeon=99 HD 7560D Graphics

> MEM     4GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz

> SDA     120GB INTEL=AE 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s        '/' & /home'

> SDB     180GB INTEL=AE 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s        '/audio' &

> '/source'

>

The AMD APU's make a pretty interesting platform,  for you CPU watchers out

there :)  Up til now, you weren't probably buying one of these for graphics

performance, but they're interesting as a high performance platform too.

The Kaveri line (Finnish word for friend) due out in 2013 looks very

promising for its performance/power ratio (up to one TFLOP on CPU+GPU with

shared memory on a single chip).

You probably won't be sorry with the A8-5600K either.  Clock speed isn't

everything, but for some DSP applications, you just can't improve on a

single/dual core with a high clock, and that looks pretty nice.
You don't mention the other components like PSU, fans, case, peripherals,

or monitor.  I assume those weren't that significant, but you could easily

spend a few hundred dollars just to reduce the noise by 20 dB.  I'd

appreciate to know how well it works for your setup, in addition to how it

performs.  Oh, and does it keep the place warm in winter?
Chuck
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On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 =

at 2:48 PM, Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> wrote:

Someone asked about A series AMD machines a while ago. I kept quiet because=

 I

was in the process of getting one. Here is the spec:
MBO =A0 =A0 ASUS=AE F2A55-M LE

CPU =A0 =A0 AMD A8-5600K Quad Core APU (3.6GHz) & Radeon=99 HD 7560D Gr=

aphics

MEM =A0 =A0 4GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz

SDA =A0 =A0 120GB INTEL=AE 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0'=

/' & /home'

SDB =A0 =A0 180GB INTEL=AE 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0'=

/audio' & '/source'The AMD APU&#3=

9;s make a pretty interesting platform,=A0 for you CPU watchers out there :=

)=A0 Up til now, you weren't probably buying one of these for graphics =

performance, but they're interesting as a high performance platform too=

.=A0 The Kaveri line (Finnish word for friend) due out in 2013 looks very p=

romising for its performance/power ratio (up to one TFLOP on CPU+GPU with s=

hared memory on a single chip).

You probably won't be sorry with the A8-5600K either.=A0 Clock speed is=

n't everything, but for some DSP applications, you just can't impro=

ve on a single/dual core with a high clock, and that looks pretty nice.

You don't mention the other components like PSU, fans, case, periph=

erals, or monitor.=A0 I assume those weren't that significant, but you =

could easily spend a few hundred dollars just to reduce the noise by 20 dB.=

=A0 I'd appreciate to know how well it works for your setup, in additio=

n to how it performs.=A0 Oh, and does it keep the place warm in winter?

Chuck
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