Quote Originally Posted by sssf View Post
I'm also quite interested in this because I'm going to run it on full load 24/7 (DC you know).
Even a $100 price difference when buying the CPU might not matter if I'm running it for at least 2 years.

Having the numbers enables the math
Exactly why I wanted to know the draw at the plug For me, even a 30% savings at the plug is only about 3-5 bucks a month... depending on your elec cost. So at 3 bucks.. the juice "savings" would take over 33 months to just match the $100 price difference, and even longer to see any benefit.
Meanwhile, your cpu runs cooler.. and may take less wear.. but your MB has to run hotter to maintain a decent OC.