I was just looking at SS/phase cooling, getting tired of only being able to bench when it gets really cold outside. And even that is limited. But with core i7, based on Jcool's post not sure if I could bench much at 4.6ghz with 1.6+ vcore needed and keep temps still low, unless using a monster cooler. Kind of wanted something that was relatively quiet and cools 350W
Regarding TDP in watts, since turbo engaging/disengaging is dependent on accurate TDP information from core i7, it can be read. Everest is one program that reads it. On stock settings TDP at full prime load is around 76 watts on mine. But overclocking to 1.55vcore, at full load TDP is 263W (pic). I did this test with linx a while back to illustrated this F4beta bios has disabled turbo TDP limits, versus the F3 bios (watching everest) turbo kicks out at around 110-120W TDP.
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