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Originally Posted by bigben2k
Actually, I was reffering to the other components on the motherboard, i.e. the chipset.
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Oh. Theres actually something on that too:
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One interesting thing that somewhat suprised me when testing K8 and P4 boards. P4 chipsets actually consume the least amount of power. VIA chipsets which have two chips besides the integrated northbridge come a very close second, but most surprisingly, Nvidia nForce 3 chipset, with its one sole chip beside the integrated northbridge, actually consumes a whole lot more than all the others. Especially on boards which use linear regulators to feed the northbridge. My own Chaintech VNF3-250 with a low power videocard consumes almost 50% more from the 3.3V rail than Intel branded i865 board with integrated video (which consumed 10W from 3.3V rail using a single 512MB DS stick). MSI branded KM800 board with integrated video came very close to Intel board though (also with a single 512MB DS stick).
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So you can get a pretty good idea as well if you were wondering about chipset + RAM consumption. Generally though i find that a bit less interesting since its so low compared to GPU + CPU (both of which we now have numbers for).