| 1 |
On 30/07/12 06:08, Michael Mol wrote: |
| 2 |
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote: |
| 3 |
>> On 30/07/12 05:23, Philip Webb wrote: |
| 4 |
>>> i5-2550K & FX-4100 both use 95 W |
| 5 |
>>> (some of the more costly AMDs use 125 W ). |
| 6 |
>> |
| 7 |
>> |
| 8 |
>> Note that power savings are not important if you're not using a laptop. CPU |
| 9 |
>> power savings on a desktop don't translate to any relevant amount of money |
| 10 |
>> on your electricity bills. This is because neither of those CPUs really use |
| 11 |
>> 95W. That's just the thermal upper limit. |
| 12 |
> |
| 13 |
> To be fair, power savings are relevant if you're concerned about your |
| 14 |
> electric bill, or if you're concerned about heat management in your |
| 15 |
> system. |
| 16 |
> |
| 17 |
> Consider my dual E5345...leaving that on 24x7 appears to cost me about 90USD/mo. |
| 18 |
|
| 19 |
CPU power savings will transform that into a 89.9USD/mo ;-) That's what |
| 20 |
I mean. It's not worth much. It helps quite a bit with laptop battery |
| 21 |
life. But for desktops, it doesn't do anything too useful. |
Archives