I have a rig that stays on 24/7. It is a niche Intel Xeon set-up circa '06 (google: Sossaman). Now I realise TDP isn't the power a component consumes, but it is a tell-tale sign as such (correct?).
I want to compare the three main components: CPU, mobo & RAM.
my current rigs TDPs for the 3 aforementioned are so:
CPUs (yes there are 2): 31W EACH (total 62W)
chipset (I don't know TDP of entire mobo): 10W
RAM: unknown, however it is DDR2 (which if I recall correctly uses more power than DDR3). There are 6 sticks installed currently.
I was thinking of upgrading to:
CPU (only one): 17W
chipset: 6.7W
RAM: again unknown, but this time 4 sticks of DDR3
anyone have a clue as to how much less power the latter would consume?
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