Quote Originally Posted by jcool View Post
0.40€? That is insane martijn.. I just recently changed my power plan to a new provider that charges € 0.172 per KWH + ~90€ annual fees. Still gets me to around 300€ utility a month, with no A/Cs or anything

Guys, keep in mind Lynnfield does NOT have QPI! ONLY LGA1366 features the faster QPI interconnect, Lynnfield has to make do with the slower DMI (even though some mobos will still call it QPI). THAT is why high DMI mult results in better performance for the Lynnfields, while the 920's couldn't care less what QPI mult you run.
Thanks for the info jcool. Wasnt aware of that. May be another item for testing!

So the power numbers are in!

So according to my ARLEC power meter ($30AUD) these are the numbers.

i7 920 @ 4GHz 1.264Vcore (CPU-Z) 263Watts Load (incl 44Watts for fans and HDD)

i7 860 @ 4GHz 1.4Vcore (BIOS) (1.423 CPU-Z) 295Watts (incl 47 watts for fans pump and HDD)
Interestingly at stock Auto Vcore (BIOS) (1.211 CPU-Z) 177Watts (incl 47 watts for fans pump and HDD)

Not sure what the 920 uses at stock though. I think the next analysis calls for stock Vcore OC comparison. The i7 860 is a far more power efficient CPU than the 920 by my numbers but requires more power to get the same speed in terms of GHz.

Obviously these are just based off my cpus so will be good to see how much juice Bobs requires to get to 4GHz