Quote Originally Posted by Particle View Post
With voltage jacked up to 1.425V and NB at 1.25V, I show approx 127W at 3.6GHz on my system. Considering that retail chips will very likely still be at 1.35V, I'd say 3.5 is quite reasonable.
Are you running on the stock cooler? Ambient? Air-flow?

Now think of someone in Florida in the summer with no air and stock cooler.