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Hmm.. you know, max I get with a 450FSB 3.6G 1.36v Q6600 G0 is 224W DC momentary and 208W DC constant using P95 SFTT. So that wattage is looking quite a lot.

Max possible I get by running Intel TAT + ATi Tool.

But I'm mainly interested in Phenom for now, so did you test it?
Unfortunately the intel linpack binaries do not work on the phenom system, so i could not yet try it, must build my own binaries first and i'm very short in spare time atm.
I used an qx6850 GO ES did not play with the FSB, due to lack of time. With an 11x multi and 333MHz FSB wattage is ~230W DC during prime95 test.
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Have you worked out if you have a bad rail reading, which rail is to which connector and how much difference there is with volts in P-Tuner from DMM volts?

I spent quite long on these, had to take my system to 4W TDP to check out that the 8-pin CPU +12V was 12V1 and 12V2 but even at 8W DC and 15W DC, they read 0A each, which meant my system was pulling wattage from even the 12V3 (the ATX 24-pin).
Still on the todo list. If i plug in the USB Stick 12V2 raises about 3-4W.
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===========EXTRA 45nm DISCUSSION=============
AMD had plenty of time with Intels 45nm process variation ramp problems, (causing long delays/poor availability) but AFAIK, Intel has sorted the problems out and is now going to release Xeon L5420 2.5G and Xeon L5410 2.33G low-voltage quad-cores, at only 50W TDP with a 7-year life cycle. You know whats best.. they have a 40W TDP 3G low-voltage dual-core coming out too.
Yup, depending on price, AMD will now lose out quite a lot in that market... massivley from their only "energy efficient" products. Their process leakage problems caused them to fall very behind.
Saw that news. Those xeon's are for dual socket systems, and they still use fbdimm's, that might level things out abit. Does 7-year life cycle mean 7-years warranty?