Recent content by tonyd223

Bought it and the key caps wore out in weeks playing PUBG... and the different colour backlighting would have been so much better if it had been a single solid colour. But great feel for typing

I'd like 4 x USB 3, 280mm rad support, and I hate that external screws on the expansion slots - so it needs a bigger brother...

LPT Port? Com port? welcome to 1999 - on a mATX board there isn't space for stuff that you don't ever need!

think A8-3850 + this - a great choice

This is an ideal example of the wrong internals - should be an AMD A75 mobo and a A8-3850 APU. The Intel may have better processing - but who cares in an HTPC? It's about good graphics at 1080p, low power... Only other thing is why is the top concave? If it gets warm I bet you could put a...

not sure I'd buy memory because of the heat spreader design - low profile, yes - if it don't fit what's the point - low energy, probably not if I'm overclocking the cpu - low latency, perhaps - high density, perhaps - low cost, definitely - funky heat spreader graphix, errrrrrr

How's that gonna look in a HAF X!

this needs to be a cut down 8 core chip which can be unlockable to become interesting... and it should be sub £100

What a great review - thanks for all the time and effort. So, from what I can see, the A8-3850 only makes sense if you're buying a vanilla pc for vanilla pc work - an office PC, where some gpu acceleration would be nice, but you're not going to go to a full graphics card...

carbon nanotube - when are they coming?

HTC Desire rocking 2.2 - now spend more time playing games on this than my PC's...

yay!

go for a better screen - something with HDMI, DVI inputs - screens last forever so get the best you can afford... regarding the GPU - get the 5770 and when you get some more money, get another!

haf a job... geddit?

depends of if your 4850 is a 512 or a 1024 - if it's the latter it'll run faster at the higher res of the new screen, and worth crossfire-ing with a similar card. If the 512MB card, then sell and upgrade as you'll never get a better price for it than now... akasa vortexx neo aftermarket coolers...