Reply to post: Re: Maybe this will encourage popularizing low wattage cpu's

California to put all your power-hungry PCs on a low carb(on) diet

Alan Edwards

Re: Maybe this will encourage popularizing low wattage cpu's

> An analysis of who uses power-hungry pc's, and why,

I have an i7-6700, 65w TDP. Thing is, if you use the internal graphics the entire machine pulls about 40w, up to about 60w with the GTX-750, at idle (which it is for most of it's life). My intention is to keep it for several years, rather than replacing an entry-level low-power job in a year or so because it's not quick enough,

The other thing is that it may use more power when working hard, but it will be working hard for less time than a less powerful low-power CPU, so it evens out and may even come out ahead.

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