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