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Has anyone tried pairing an AMD A8 with a really low end ATI card, like the radeon 6450?

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8/6/12 at 7:15pm
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bonus points if cooled and overclocked using a serious CPU cooler like the Antec H60.

Since you can find the 6450 for like $30 bucks online, you might possible end up with a cheap boost that way.
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8/6/12 at 7:19pm
the h60 is not a serious CPU cooler. It is on par with other heat sinks.
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Are we talking about bonus points for benching here or what?
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8/6/12 at 7:32pm
I've got an A6 cooled with an Antec 920 cooling it. I've always heard that the 6450/5450 will bring down the performance of the APU.
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post #5 of 22
8/6/12 at 7:38pm
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Originally Posted by Domino View Post

the h60 is not a serious CPU cooler. It is on par with other heat sinks.

Seems pretty serious to me. Liquid cooled. It generally drops temps at least 10 degrees over stock.
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8/6/12 at 7:41pm
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Seems pretty serious to me. Liquid cooled. It generally drops temps at least 10 degrees over stock.

Its like Taking a Sempron and giving it a nice Cooler and A PCI video Card.

You should just spend like 60-80 for a decent Video card , and youll be able to play games on low to medium
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8/6/12 at 7:45pm
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Its like Taking a Sempron and giving it a nice Cooler and A PCI video Card.
You should just spend like 60-80 for a decent Video card , and youll be able to play games on low to medium

I think adding a water cooler + overclock to an AMD llano machine would be great for itx systems with small PSU's.
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8/6/12 at 7:55pm
Yeah , you could also add a card like the 430 and have the ability to play games , or adding a similair AMD card to pair the the IGPU
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8/6/12 at 8:21pm
The integrated GPUs in AMDs better APUs (A6 and A8) actually aren't that bad for what they are.
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8/6/12 at 8:32pm
Yeah i understand that , just the 6450 would be worse.
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