Quote Originally Posted by K404
if the worst case scenario is taken for a TDP rating, that leaves it open to a lot of variables, isnt the power output of the CPU itself constant under all conditions? the only thing that will be different is temperature.

350W for an OCed Kents seems very high, scaling that would put the actual TDP of Conroe around 90+W, not 65W?
Not quite sure what you're saying here, but remember that the TDP rating given by Intel is @ DEFAULT vcore and nothing more