AMD Phenom II Review Thread

[Zucker2k]

The chipset, the RAM, the southbridge, all of these consume power, the ICH10 has a TDP of 4.5W. Doing subtraction is going to give you approximates. Even the 790 chipsets use power, so if you subtract from the intel system, you'll have to do similar math for the AMD system also. Plus, TDP is maximum, so using that number is a large assumption. Like I said, look to LostCircuits, I even posted the figures way back in the infancy of this thread.

TDP is maximum if you're not overclocking