A64 vs. P4 power consumption and cooling questions

[jwells777]

I am considering upgrading my old 1 Ghz Tbird and thought that I would be going to a P4 for sure since I would like to quiet down the PC if possible. I read a post recently talking about the A64 having some new speed adjustment on the fly business. This got me thinking and thus I have two real questions that I hoped you guys could help with...

1) If I am trying to build a quiet PC, would I be better off with the P4 or the A64?

2) Since I leave my PC on almost 24/7, how does the power consumption of either processor compare at idle and at full throttle? (At $0.10/ kWh, a 1 W difference translates to a savings of ~$0.876 per year. Not a huge difference but if there was a 30 or 40 W difference, it could help justify a 30 or 40 dollar price difference between two chips.)

I think that either processor will be more than fast enough for my needs, but I would simply like to remove the loud whirring from my office.

Thanks

 

[NFS4]

If you're looking for low power consumption, go with the A64 3000+ NewEgg has them for $215.

Check here for my post on Quiet N Cool technology on my Athlon64 3200+:



http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=1189075&FTVAR_MSGDBTABLE=

 

[jwells777]

That was actually the post that inspired these questions...How loud is your rig NFS4 when the processor is running full bore? How about during normal usage?

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: jwells777
That was actually the post that inspired these questions...How loud is your rig NFS4 when the processor is running full bore? How about during normal usage?

Well, I slapped a Zalman fanless heatsink on my Radeon 9800NP so when my CPU is at full bore, I can just barely hear the CPU fan going. The loudest thing in my case are my dual raptors.