Just ordered Phenom 9950 BE

[Brother Esau]

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).

Considering that Justapost took DMM Readings at different Voltages and clocks with both the 9850 & 9950 and posted them in the Unified DFI thread I would have to say that assumption is dead wrong from Anandtech