glad that is cleared up, I thought those cpu's were 65 watt going in and was surprised at this review. Only thing that crossed my mind was if intel was stating per core. 65+65= 130 glad to be wrong.
Looking at that Asus mb and the like for myself, with 4gig of ddr3 about a $600 kick up without video. Not sure for the little gain it is worth it but I need to spread the wealth around :-) fp At 12:27 PM 11/2/2008, James Boswell Poked the stick with: >What? an E8600 does NOT take 150w, let alone 230w? are you SERIOUS? it >doesn't say POWER6 on the box > >the E8500 (part one speed grade down from it, and I'm using numbers >from the initial public stepping) draws 33.4w, with a theoretical 65w >TDP > >The numbers linked test the total system power with the processors >overclocked to 4275Mhz at a vcore of 1.4v ! > >That's quite an absurd way to test really. > >On 2 Nov 2008, at 13:56, FORC5 wrote: > >>150 to 230 watt CPU >> >>I pass on this heat machine >>fp >> >>At 09:35 PM 11/1/2008, Raul Limos Poked the stick with: >> >>>Processor: Core 2 Duo E8600. >>>http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2duo-e8600.html >> >>-- >>Tallyho ! ]:8) >>Taglines below ! >>-- >>The Second Amendment is in place in case they ignore the others. -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Empty vessels make the most sound.
