APU questions

[bob4933]

Ill just get down to it.


1) I am assuming I can turn off the GPU function of the card with a dedicated gpu?

2) If 'yes', to "1", I assume that will make the APU run cooler over all?

Yes I am aware that kinda defeats the purpose of getting an APU... But I got the chip on sale for 24.99$, so its not a huge deal to me in that regard. I am getting my r9 290 monday, so I'll just move my 270x which will be doing nothing anyway into my htpc.

Running A4 6300k, and its just LOUD. I can't turn the fan down because its HOT. I'd prefer to keep it simple, may be grabbing an h60 for silence here at some point.

 

[bassnut]

Something to try before you spend money ...... I will assume you have a cooler for an 81XX or 83XX cooler. Yes I know they can be loud too but give it a try. It is able to dissipate allot more heat if it is still to loud then you can get a different cooler for it. Even with my 7850K the cooler that came with it was insufficient.

 

[bob4933]

Something to try before you spend money ...... I will assume you have a cooler for an 81XX or 83XX cooler. Yes I know they can be loud too but give it a try. It is able to dissipate allot more heat if it is still to loud then you can get a different cooler for it. Even with my 7850K the cooler that came with it was insufficient.

Yeah I noticed it was significantly larger. I unfortunately broke the clips and stuff on it (didn't care at the time haha), i'll see if I can rig something up with that.

 

[funsoul]

hiya bob4933

Yessir...install the card, go into bios and set the system to look to the pci-e (vs. igp) and you should be good to go.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

This would be a ton better than an H60:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608016&ignorebbr=1

 

[chrisjames61]

This would be a ton better than an H60:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608016&ignorebbr=1

Noctua is good as we all know but a 92 mm fan seems kind of puny.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Noctua is good as we all know but a 92 mm fan seems kind of puny.

It's a 65W chip...

 

[EarthDog]

hiya bob4933

Yessir...install the card, go into bios and set the system to look to the pci-e (vs. igp) and you should be good to go.

Depends on the board. Some have functions to disable it, while a setting like pcie and igpu is usually just for boot order.

 

[bob4933]

This would be a ton better than an H60:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608016&ignorebbr=1

No room boss. I have maybe 4" of wiggle room for a cooler. Noctua small form factor coolers aren't much better than stock coolers. The h60 is for me on this one I think.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

What case is it?

 

[caddi daddi]

the bios should see the vid card and disable the igpu on it's own.
I have 2 apu setups and I was caught off guard as to how loud the fans for the coolers are on these.

 

[chrisjames61]

It's a 65W chip...

Still I would hate to buy a cooler with a 92mm fan. I always think of re-purposing parts.

 

[bob4933]

What case is it?

Don't even remember haha got it on black Friday for 15$. I'll check but its very small for micro atx. Barely have room for hard drives in this thing....