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SuomeksiPower Consumption
The performance of the 965BE comes at a price, and that's the power consumption. Even though the C3 lowered the TDP value from 140 to 125 watts, the 965BE still is one power hungry CPU, and at full Intel Burntest-load the system draws 300 watts from the grid. Under the same circumstances the Intel setup only draws 230 watts, which is pretty impressive 70 W less than the AMD-setup.
Once again, part of the differences is due to the different motherboard and memories, but still it's no secret that the 965 BE is one of the most power consuming chips out there. Overclocking the CPU to 4 GHz at 1,425 V nudged the consumption up to 336 watts.
Conclusion
As a conclusion the AMD flagship proved to be a very competent package. The next step will be to see how well it copes against Intel's latest LGA1156 platform, but it sure made short work of the older S775-based quad core Q9450. With the C3 revision came a lower power consumption, but 125 watts is still on the high side. Other improvements included better overclocking capabilities and indeed from all I've seen the 965BE seems to hit 4 GHz with ease when paired with a decent air cooler. Other strenghts of the chip are the downwards compatibility, you can upgrade an older AM2+ based system with the latest chip for as long as the motherboard can provide enough power and has recent enough bios to recognise the 965BE. Also for new setup builders this enables low platform and thus good bang for buck. |
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