80Plus Copper Certificate, Active PFC design, 12cm low acoustic fan, 3 years warranty. If you just use for word processing and no need external graphic card, you also can consider blow 400W product. HDD uses WD long life model, 640AAKS. The performance is not so outstanding, but the price is its main advantage. I used to use WD 15EARS. The performance is only 75MB/s which is similar with 640AAKS. If you have higher capacity need, currently 1T~1.5T HDD price is also only a little bit higher. You just need to check the performance in advance. The above components are not must. If you don’t need such high performance, you can choose cheaper products. On the other hand, you can buy more high end one. Base on your demand, budget and favorite brand, you can choose whatever you want. It’s the most fun for DIY PC. Configuration CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 640 MB: GIGABYTE GA-880GMA-UD2H DRAM: CORSAIR CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 VGA: ATI Radeon HD 4250 HD: WD 640AAKS 640GB POWER: Antec High Current Gamer 400W Cooler: AMD original cooler Default Performance CPU 200.9MHz X 15 => 3013.7MHz DDR3 1607.4 CL9 9-9-24 1T 1.400V Hyper PI 32M X4 => 23m 50.367s CPUMARK 99=> 393 Nuclearus Multi Core => 13227 Fritz Chess Benchmark => 14.94/7172 CrystalMark 2004R3 => 153603 CINEBENCH R11.5 CPU => 3.40 pts CPU(Single Core) => 0.87 pts Windows Experience Index - CPU 7.3 PCMark Vantage => 6222 X4 640 default frequency is 3.0GHz already, so it’s capable for most applications. Even for the file converting performance is also good due to the quad core multi-tasking. The original cooler is around 1670rmp under BIOS control. The acoustic is very low. If it’s in full speed, it’s 3260rpm which is louder in bare system. The noise is acceptable inside the chassis. Temperature Standby - 28~31 CPU Full Speed - 62~65 Intel Burn Test v2.4,Stress Level Maximum The standby temperature is very low. This number is satisfied. The full speed is 62 degree C and it’s too high for bare system. X4 640 original cooler is too slim. It may cause the temperature too high. |
Power Consumption Standby - 59W CPU Full Speed - 150W 45nm X4 CPU power consumption is not so good, but it’s still better than the standard. It’s still a power saving system. I hope AMD can implement 32nm to lower the power consumption. 3D Performance Built-in GPU ATI Radeon HD 4250 560MHz 3DMARK 2006 => 1757 3DMARK VANTAGE => P302 CPU SCORE => 9919 GPU SCORE => 228 StreetFighter IV Benchmark 1024 X 768 => 20.87FPS These years, AMD built-in GPU performance is better than the others. Above 3D performance is still lower than entry graphic card, but compare to the other built-in GPU, the 3D performance is pretty good. 880G built-in ATI Radeon HD 4250, the 3D performance is around 20~25% lower than own 890GX HD 4290. BIOS OC Setup Main BIOS tuning page, called M.I.T. CPU clock set to 300MHz, you need to adjust CPU NorthBridge Freq./HT Link Frequency. I suggest you to set at X7, 2100MHz. It’s helpful for the stability after pulling CPU to 300MHz. Voltage Page DRAM Voltage control 1.300~2.500 CPU NB VID Control -0.600~+0.600V(0.025V) CPU Voltage Control -0.600~+0.600V(0.025V) Memory depends on DRAM quality. The range set at CPU/DDR3 as 300/1600. CPU Voltage Control/DRAM Voltage Control bases on memory quality to adjust the voltage. If 300MHz is not stable, you can adjust NB Voltage Control to 1.3000V. DDR3 set up is CL7 8-7-24 1T Built-in ATI Radeon HD 4250 Setup Page It can share up to 512MB system memory and OC the clock from 560MHz to 830MHz. CPU Unlock can enable X2/X3 CPU to X4 by chance. CPU Core Control is more detail features. If X2 cannot enable to X4 stable, you have one more option to enable to X3. |
PC Health Status Previously, as my experience of using 785G, 790GX or 890GX, the AMD CPU can OC to 300MHz mostly. For the BIOS setup and DRAM multiplier, you have to pay more attention for these setup, then you can join AMD 300MHz club. DDR3 bandwidth comparison DDR3 1607.2 CL9 9-9-24 1T 1.400V ADIA64 Memory Read - 9205 MB/s Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 12044 MB/s MaXXMEM Memory-Copy - 10903 MB/s DDR3 1600 CL7 8-7-24 1T 1.600V ADIA64 Memory Read - 9557 MB/s Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 12588 MB/s MaXXMEM Memory-Copy - 11545 MB/s AMD started to build in Memory Controller into CPU since K8. During that time, it really created the better bandwidth and memory clock, However, years passed, the Core i series performance has over it. The CORSAIR DDR3 quality is very good. The official spec is 1.400V for DDR3 1600 CL9. I set as DDR3 1600 CL7 8-7-24 high performance parameter. It just needs 1.600V to pass all benchmark software. OC Performance CPU 300MHz X 12 => 3599.8MHz DDR3 1607.4 CL9 9-9-24 1T 1.400V Hyper PI 32M X4 => 20m 28.284s CPUMARK 99=> 463 Nuclearus Multi Core => 15673 Fritz Chess Benchmark => 17.56/8428 CrystalMark 2004R3 => 185249 CINEBENCH R11.5 CPU => 3.86 pts CPU(Single Core) => 1.01 pts WindowsExperience Index - CPU 7.4 PCMark Vantage => 6314 X4 640 default clock is 3.0GHz. After OC to 3.6GHz, some benchmark improves 20%. Windows Experience Index doesn’t improve much. Or we can say, since the index over 7, the score cannot improve much dues to the highest score is 7.9. PCMark Vantage is a multi-factors benchmark software, the performance improvement is not much. For original cooler, long time run at 3.6~3.75GHz can be stable. Temperature Standby - 32~34 |
CPU Full Speed - 64~66 Intel Burn Test v2.4,Stress Level Maximum As thermal meter, the standby and full speed temperature after OC is around 2~4 degree C comparing to default. After OC, the temperature is a little higher than default. Maybe it’s AMD 45nm characteristic?! Power Consumption Standby - 68W CPU Full Speed - 204W 3D Performance Built-in GPU ATI Radeon HD 4250 830MHz 3DMARK 2006 => 2138 3DMARK VANTAGE => P417 CPU SCORE => 11567 GPU SCORE => 315 StreetFighter IV Benchmark 1024 X 768 => 25.88FPS When OC the ATI Radeon HD 4250 clock from 560 to 830MHz, the 3D benchmark software improve around 30%. 880G is capable for general 3D application or games. If you need to run some professional 3D application, you better to add a grapgic card. During the test, the pity is the revision C3 X4 CPU cannot enable L3 Cache. Even though as my experience, the L3 Cache doesn’t improve performance much. However, enableL3 Cache is for personal feeling. This is the main difference between C2 and C3. Of course, C3 also has some strength. As per the internet, C3 has better memory compatibility. It’s helpful for DDR3 OC range. As per my experience, the same voltage, C3 OC range is around 100~200MHz to C2. AMD strategy is focus on mid-low market for years. You can see in this segment, CPU and chipset price are lower. For the mid-end to hi-end market, the performance is lower than Core i and DDR3 performance is also lower. I do hope AMD K10 structure ca improve this issue. However, so far AMD is still focus on multi-core and higher C/P value. After buying Case and DVD writer, you can build your own PC. The budget is around 15500NTD. If you have any preferences of price, performance or brand, you can adjust your budget. If the 3D performance is not enough in the future, you just need to spend 2000~ 3000NTD for graphic card upgrade. This DIY PC could be the mid-high performance and mid-low price choice. After sharing AMD 2010 mainstream platform, I will share Intel platform asap. Due to the year end, the Intel mainstream platform will be done near year end or early 2011. Wish you keep supporting my original review article. Thanks :) This article is also published in my personal blog. WIND'S 3C You are welcome to check any time. |
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