***ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Owners Thread***

[Random Murderer]

The difference in power draw measured at the wall is quite huge though. My system sits at around 240W idle, but running prime95 it goes up to like ~620W or something. So much for that 130W TDP rating.
I know there isn't only the CPU involved, RAM and VRM take there parts too, but honestly i wouldn't pay too much attention to that TDP rating anyways. 8)

TDP stands for Thermal Design Power(or Package or Point, depending on who you talk to) and is a measurement of heat output, not power draw. A 130W TDP chip (theoretically) puts out 130W of heat at 100% load on stock settings.

That aside, I completely agree with trying offset mode AFTER you've overclocked with regular mode and found the required VCore for a specific clock speed.