AMD Phenom II Review Thread

[ryboto]

It doesn't matter, the onus is on you to make yourself clear:

here's more for you from the tech report, for links check the first page of this thread. Note that the Intel systems are on Extreme chipsets, x48/x58 which are powerhogs; the P45 will show lower numbers:

To be fair, that's really only one perspective, Cinebench...other tasks might stress the system differently, and different platforms could show different power numbers. So it's not the best test to examine CPU power consumption Again, Lostcircuits showed that a motherboard alone can add or subtract 10W for the Phenom II. As for the Intel chipsets, I read the TDP's on the x48/58 aren't actually that high.
TDP's: ( i didn't see x58 on the list, i'll look for it elsewhere)
X48: 26.5 W, 12.3 W idle, with 333 MHz FSB
P45: 22 W, 9 W idle, with 333 MHz FSB
edit: X58: 20-24W, 8W idle