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I wanna upgrade my current rig to a 4930k based one, and I would like to know beforehand how much power does it consume in an average. I want to know because I have two rigs at my home, one X58 based for gaming and all those, and the other i3, 3rd gen for 24x7 jobs etc. I have heard that the new CPU's 32/22 nm consume much less power than the 45 nm ones, that's normal physics, but I want an approx figure, to decide if I really need that other 24x7 desktop. If the 4930k consumes less power then I will sale the other system, and will get a decent amount of money which will help me buying a decent GPU, besides if power consumption is on par on both then there's no point in keeping two desktops.
So anyone who has a 4930k and a kill a watt metre kindly input here how much power does it draw from the board? I mean on IDLE, when nothing is basically open, other than downloading software like IDM or uTorrent. I don't care about the load consumption. Also please mention your GPU, and whether the monitor was on or off.
Thanks in advance.
PS: CPU @ stock clock I mean.
So anyone who has a 4930k and a kill a watt metre kindly input here how much power does it draw from the board? I mean on IDLE, when nothing is basically open, other than downloading software like IDM or uTorrent. I don't care about the load consumption. Also please mention your GPU, and whether the monitor was on or off.
Thanks in advance.
PS: CPU @ stock clock I mean.
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