Quote Originally Posted by Solus Corvus View Post
Michaelius is trolling, don't fall for it.

A) The vast majority of the market cares about stock performance.
B) OC performance isn't known, but if he-who-shall-not-be-named is to be believed, it can OC well. And he's pathetic at overclocking, for what it's worth.
C) TDP != power consumption.

It's best to ignore the bait.
A. It says "Extreme Systems" in the top of my browser not "Average joe rigs". if I'm building rig for my uncle I'm giving him parts that will perform at stock
B. It better be considering 2600K can score 1Ghz+ overclocks easily using AC for 24/7 operation
C. Yes and your point is? It's still an indicator of real world usage. If they could stick lower rating on it then they would. Also SB TDP is given for situations when GPU is used alongside CPU part

And lol i guess i must be hitting some nerve with my arguments when the best you can do is try to call me a troll.

@ Apocalypse - yes typically Intel parts with same tdp have lower power usage in real world benchmarking even if official definition would suggest otherwise
@ Teskatlipoka - there were some rumors that AMD will phase out phenoms II very fast http://www.guru3d.com/news/amd-to-ph...henom-ii-fast/