AMD A4-3400 - A-Series APU (CPU + GPU) Llano Dual-Core 2.7 GHz Socket FM1 65W AMD Radeon HD 6410D Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic - AD3400OJHXBOX

Pros: integrated graphics, cheap price point.

Cons: none

Overall Review: Put this in a cheap build for a friend with a MSI motherboard and everything worked great with 4 gig of ram running at 1866. Decent speed for this chip and i think if you used it with a video card it would do even better. Not a gaming chip but good for a home office computer or a htpc.

Pros: Besides the stock graphics being pretty sweet using 8 gb ddr 1600 ,this cpu has an unlocked multiplier AMD's overdrive will tune it muliplier only at stock volts 3.6 or times 36.My motherboards bios reports it unlocked and adjustable so i just set it to 3.0 and windows reports it as 3.0gb cpu-z also say 3.0 and reports an 8-thru 30 multiplier since thats all i tried was 30 in bios.All this with graphics that get a respectable 6.5/6.5 and a cpu with 53 watts ,these new stock 3400's must be gems.Can't wait to push its stock volt limit.AMD HAS DONE IT AGAIN!

Cons: Huh???

Overall Review: i bought this for use in a sff system with a cheapo 300wt sff power supply and using the amd stock fan,i dare not stress the volts,tho i should be able to run this at the 3.6 amd overdrive found.Yes this is slower than a10 5800k and fx 8350 but price/performance wise it is as much a diamond.

Pros: Value can't be beaten! Energy Efficient & fast!

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Paired with an MSI A55M-P33 Mobo, 8GB Ram, & 128GB Samsung 830 SSD (donated to my dad as I upgraded to the 256GB model), the speed is amazing! 26second boot time and surfs the web with ease!Great upgrade for my parents from the previous Sempron 140 build.

Pros: Absolutely low idle temps, it hardly goes above my current room temperature, even in the high heat and OCed to 3.2GHZ Powerful little bugger, but that is the 32nm tech in action

Cons: It wasn't free.

Overall Review: I use this for light gaming paired with a 5670, and i play my favorite games like Starcraft 2 on medium at 1080p just fine. This thing is a beauty for the price, it does super well as a media server as well.

Pros: I am an Intel fan all the way, but these APUs are really hard to beat for the casual user for internet, videos, and low-spec gaming for its price point. I used this in my Dad's build, he just uses it for internet and some games (Sims 3 and Civ V mostly), and it runs flawlessly with Direct x11 and runs cool. Built in GPU, cheap FM1 sockets, and low power draw means total build costs are at the floor.

Cons: None, you can't run high-spec games on high settings but you obviously know that

Overall Review: Saving money on CPU/GPU may tempt people to spend more elsewhere in the build, just a suggestion that RAM timings seem to matter more than RAM speed on these APUs (I go for speed on intel though). Find some cheap DDR3 1600, or even 1333, with tight timings and you've got a solid build for very little money.

Pros: Outstanding price with combo deal. Built in GPU has 128 bit bus with decent core and memory clocks. Uses only 20W while idle and 50W maxed out. Idle temps around 5C. Stock HSF (4 pin) does the job and is very, very quiet.

Cons: Absolutely none!

Overall Review: Paired with Radeon HD 6450 in CrossFireX. NovaBench shows about a 27% increase in FPS. Not for heavy duty gaming or number crunching, yet works just dandy for day-to-day stuff. Handles HD video without skipping a beat. Running with 4GB of DDR3-1600 on an MSI A55M-P33 MB.

Pros: Decent processor with onboard graphics Windows experience index of 6.3 for processor Graphics index of 6.1 Plays SWTOR on Medium settings with onboard processor

Cons: FM1 chip which limits upgrades to A8 line. The next generation A10 APU chips already use a different socket.

Overall Review: I gave it 5 eggs because it is a entry level chip with onboard graphics. It doesn't pretend to be more than it is and that is a low cost entry level chip with decent performance. I would have glady paid an extra $50 to get an A8 chip in the DIY bundle since the upgrade path of the FM1 socket is very limited.

Pros: Using this in my media PC. It uses much less power compared to the old Pentium D that was powering the machine. This paired with a ECS A75F-M and using my old Hauppauge HVR-1800 doesn't pull more than 100w with 2 hard drives running, and around maybe 80w with one drive spun down. Plays HDTV, Blu-Ray and Netflix in HD perfectly smooth using only the on board graphics. ALso runs very cool. My temp monitoring software doesn't read temps properly, but the heat sink barely gets warm-ish. Got this and the board in a combo deal for only $115.98, so the price was also excellent.

Cons: Haven't tried the game performance since the system is really only built to play media. It probably wouldn't be great, but adequate. Doesn't matter to me though.