AMD Phenom II Review Thread

[Zucker2k]

Information about the power consumption CPU itself is hard to translate when you talk about C2Q, as those processors do not have the memory controlled onboard.
At some point a platform comparison makes most sense, and at this point I think it is clear AMD shows the better idle numbers.

If I would spend my days rendering or encoding, I7 would be a better pick yes, but for a system on which music is produced, games are played and audio is recorded, the low idle power consumption is a big plus.

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.ph...=16757&page=10 Every single point you've made has turned out worse for you; at this point I don't know how you can save face.