Quote Originally Posted by EtaCarinae View Post
Thanks Dave. I was feeling idiot with my caculations trying to understand how you could ever be at 120 Watts. Now all seems to make sense.
At 4.4 100% load the 980X draws nearly 90-100 watts more. The 2600K solution is at least 32-35% less power hungry that a 980X which is still a very impressive number.

Now there is still a point unclear to me. Is the internal GPU of the 2600 still active and usable in the K version of the chip with unlocked multiplier?
If it is usable then some part of the power cunsumption reduction is due to the lack of a graphic board that is necessary for the 980X solution. To be fair to the 980X I should subtract some watts due to a basic graphic board.
Do you agree Dave?
I think it depends on the chipset on mobo