Power Consumption

Obviously power consumption should go down thanks to Intel's cooler 45nm process. At idle (sitting at the desktop with no disk queue), the difference between our Conroe and Wolfdale systems is relatively small - a savings of only 3%:

Total System Power Consumption at Idle 

Under load however (running our WME9 test) the total system power consumption gap increases to 12.6W:

Total System Power Consumption under Load  

Wolfdale decreases total system power consumption by around 10% compared to Conroe.

Wolfdale vs. Conroe Performance Overclocking
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  • Owls - Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - link

    is it me or did the first image just look like a bunch of penises?
  • Epyon - Thursday, August 23, 2007 - link

    Its just you
  • strikeback03 - Thursday, August 23, 2007 - link

    Apparently not. See the dailytech link from johnsonx below.
  • Lord Evermore - Sunday, August 26, 2007 - link

    If your wang looks so similar to those charts that you saw penis in the image, you might need to get some medical attention. Or join a circus.
  • GhandiInstinct - Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - link

    Now I just need to figure out when and what to buy as my GFX Card.

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