I don't plan any upgrades till 14nm system-on-chip that integrates chipset and cpu on one socket. Too many socket changes and uncertainty as progress moves on. 1150 next year, then DDR4 and socket 1140 then chipset integration and socket 1160, and it will all be the same Quads with a little clock bump and lack of scalability. What is this 2500 does 400Mhz+ for each +0.1V, but ivy scales only +200Mhz and tons of heat.


And about system tdp intel site states. i5-2550K + Z77 = 95W + 6.7W

Intel® Z77 Platform Controller Hub
# of CPUs: 1
Embedded: No
System Price: N/A
System TDP: 101.7W