Quote Originally Posted by informal View Post
Dave are you sure you measured 90W drop in OCed scenario? .
That was compared to my 4.7Ghz 8150 informal.
When blending (oc'd) on that chip I hit ~490w, at the same clocks the 8350 was ~400w (system)...

I'm still tweaking this new chip so power consumption could easily go up, but so far it's looking more efficient @ load.

Since GF took over production of AMD's chips VIDs/OC headroom and power seems to be a lot less consistent.
It makes it harder to compare chips, but thats what I've seen from the Kill-a-Watt with my chips...
YMMV more than it used to.

Once I get things dialed in for the best stability, I'll update power numbers.