I recently upgraded to a Q6600 system from an aged P4 3.0C Northwood system and I'm wondering how the power consumption compares?
I gather the Intel specs say 95w for the Q6600 and 89w for the P4 3.0C but the Q6600 is on a smaller process and needs less vcore. Also DDR2 uses less power than DDR.
I am currently running the Q6600 at stock with speedstep etc enabled so the CPU runs at 266x6 and lower vcore when not under load.
I saw one review which said the Q6600 at 333x9 (a modest overclock) even at the default vcore, uses around 40w more than at default speed just at idle which surprised me. That has put me off leaving it overclocked given that it is quick enough for me at default speed.
I know Quads use more power than Duals, and I know 65nm uses more power than 45nm. But does the Q6600 use more, less or the same as the old P4 3.0C? No particular reason for asking this, I'm just curious really
I gather the Intel specs say 95w for the Q6600 and 89w for the P4 3.0C but the Q6600 is on a smaller process and needs less vcore. Also DDR2 uses less power than DDR.
I am currently running the Q6600 at stock with speedstep etc enabled so the CPU runs at 266x6 and lower vcore when not under load.
I saw one review which said the Q6600 at 333x9 (a modest overclock) even at the default vcore, uses around 40w more than at default speed just at idle which surprised me. That has put me off leaving it overclocked given that it is quick enough for me at default speed.
I know Quads use more power than Duals, and I know 65nm uses more power than 45nm. But does the Q6600 use more, less or the same as the old P4 3.0C? No particular reason for asking this, I'm just curious really