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System Name | Epsilon |
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Processor | A12-9800E 35watts |
Motherboard | MSI Grenade AM4 |
Cooling | Stock |
Memory | 2x4GB DDR4 2400 Kingston Hyper X |
Video Card(s) | Radeon R7 (IGP / APU) |
Storage | Samsung Spinpoint F1 |
Display(s) | AOC 29" Ultra wide |
Case | Generic |
Power Supply | Antec Earthwatts 380w |
Software | Windows 10 |
Hello everyone,
So I finally got an cheap AM4 APU, model A12-9800E (35 watts) + MSI A320 "grenade" mobo and a pair of kingston HyperX 2400Mhz DDR4. Nothing extraordinary here... but parts come and go, I couldn't wait for the ryzen based APUs...
But I just wanted to share with you my thinking on this system in particular.
Some background:
When zacate was released I got an 8 Watt C60 APU for browsing and running surveillance camera 24/7.
Some years later the AMD AM1 platform came out and I upgraded the thing to an 25 watt Athlon 5350 apu, also running 24/7.
The upgrade hopefully didn't made much of a difference in power consumption but I have to say, zacate is really low on power so it became my SQL server machine on my office, and the Athlon 5350 browsing and surveillance camera 24/7 at home.
Still, none of these systems are fast enough for browsing seriously or doing common daily tasks
So I decided to upgrade again, but this time thinking in power consumption and platform longetivity in mind. The thing will be on 24/7. So I decided to go with the "E" version of bristol ridge which jumps up to 35watts and I have to say, compared to the 5350, this thing flies. Unluckly I haven't found an Ryzen 3 nowhere in my place, which is a much better CPU all in all...
Here are some benchmarks and info:
note: I'm not an overclocker
So what are your opinion on this?
So I finally got an cheap AM4 APU, model A12-9800E (35 watts) + MSI A320 "grenade" mobo and a pair of kingston HyperX 2400Mhz DDR4. Nothing extraordinary here... but parts come and go, I couldn't wait for the ryzen based APUs...
But I just wanted to share with you my thinking on this system in particular.
Some background:
When zacate was released I got an 8 Watt C60 APU for browsing and running surveillance camera 24/7.
Some years later the AMD AM1 platform came out and I upgraded the thing to an 25 watt Athlon 5350 apu, also running 24/7.
The upgrade hopefully didn't made much of a difference in power consumption but I have to say, zacate is really low on power so it became my SQL server machine on my office, and the Athlon 5350 browsing and surveillance camera 24/7 at home.
Still, none of these systems are fast enough for browsing seriously or doing common daily tasks
So I decided to upgrade again, but this time thinking in power consumption and platform longetivity in mind. The thing will be on 24/7. So I decided to go with the "E" version of bristol ridge which jumps up to 35watts and I have to say, compared to the 5350, this thing flies. Unluckly I haven't found an Ryzen 3 nowhere in my place, which is a much better CPU all in all...
Here are some benchmarks and info:
note: I'm not an overclocker
So what are your opinion on this?