Brother,according to Anand's and LostCircuits' review of 9950BE,the chip actually draws less power than 9850,both @idle and load!Like Rammsteiner noted before,the 140W mark is just n overrated number for ACC compatibility(and the fact that some biased reviewer will cry faul when he puts this chip in SB750 mobo and measure the actual power draw near 140W,due to possible higher clock of the chip in that case).