Originally posted by rick5446:

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krj15489 ! Which ver os Server R U using 32 or 64

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The 6000+ is a recent AMD CPU, I don't see what's wrong with comparing it to an equivalent performing Intel CPU.

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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For the average PC builder, nobody considers the power usage of the CPUs at all, so it's hardly an issue for them, and since the CPUs themselves are dirt cheap, as I say, they make sense for budget builds or upgrades. As far as the genuine cost of the systems go though, whether you see it or not, the AMDs seem to lose out.
The 5600+ you use is, as far as I can see 85W TDP, and it's idle load is 36W above the E7200, and working load 87W higher.
AMD's BE chips when paired with the 690G fare well, a BE-2350 normnally runs 2W above an E4300 at idle, and 9W above one at load. Use the 690G however, and those figures change to 9W below at idle and 17W below at load. Using integrated graphics pays dividends too, as by using the 690G's integrated graphics rather than a discrete card, the figures drop by 40W.
The lowest-consuming CPU is the X2 3800+ SFF, which runs 7W below the BE-2350, but with appropriately mediocre performance.

Run the G965's integrated graphics with the E4300, however, and the results are barely any higher. 59W idle for the BE-2350, 64W for the E4300, and 87 AMD, 91 Intel, for full load.
A win for AMD in this test, as not only does the Intel CPU use a few more watts, but it also takes longer to render the scene, 42 seconds versus the AMD's 38. However, doing some reading, the rocketship E8500 45nm chip uses much less power than older 65nm chips such as the E6750, which ultimately means, an E8500 would use less power than a BE-2350. Make of that what you will...

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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The average user doesn't think about it. When they realise that over the course of a few years, if they use their PC a lot, the AMD stands them an extra hundred dollars or more, maybe they'd reconsider... :P

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Originally posted by sytyguy:

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Russ,

I cannot believe you actually used the "quotes", instead of 'cut n paste".....hey, good for you and congrads.

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Interesting talk on power consumption the last few pages. ;) Russ you're right a few more bucks haven't been noticed in my household.. BUT when there's 4 computers running sometime soon I'll see what the wifey says. ROFL. :P

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Originally posted by GTR35:

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wow, i don't know who must i concur with. What sam said is wrong ad so is russ. Sometimes my computer runs 24/7 for 2 months, and the elec bill DID increase quite A LOT! and i'm using Intel cpu. But hey, it did use less elec than AMD ones

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