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On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 30/07/12 05:23, Philip Webb wrote: |
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>> i5-2550K & FX-4100 both use 95 W |
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>> (some of the more costly AMDs use 125 W ). |
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> Note that power savings are not important if you're not using a laptop. CPU |
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> power savings on a desktop don't translate to any relevant amount of money |
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> on your electricity bills. This is because neither of those CPUs really use |
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> 95W. That's just the thermal upper limit. |
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To be fair, power savings are relevant if you're concerned about your |
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electric bill, or if you're concerned about heat management in your |
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system. |
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Consider my dual E5345...leaving that on 24x7 appears to cost me about 90USD/mo. |
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