Quote Originally Posted by JF-AMD View Post
So if I do the math right, you're saying that 256GB = 100W. So if they shut down the rest of the memory, that would be 800W for CPUs, fans, power and a drive or two?

Wow, that is a power-hungry CPU.
Actually, most of the power is consumed by the module that is being read/written at a certain time, so by removing some memory from a system you only save the power needed to refresh it, wich is about 10-20 times less than the one needed when active.