Is it true? New P4 2.73ghz uses 275watts?

[Ready]

I see all sort of different numbers ranging from 130 to 275 when I do random searches on the internet. Not sure which ones are real

 

[klah]

http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q2/athlon64-x2/index.x?pg=15

 

[HDTVMan]

Can you even cool 275watts without LN2?

 

[zephyrprime]

it's not true.

 

[Lithan]

A Bare System power consumption, not processor. So, a cpu, mobo, fan, probably 1gig ram and a 7200rpm hard disk with very low end video adds up to ~275watts for Intels single cores. 325+ for Intel's dual cores.

 

[carlosd]

Not true, no HSF would be capable of handling the amount of heat produced by a 275W CPU.

 

[Pabster]

Of course not. Although the latest Intel chips do hit around 190W I believe at full load...

 

[mechBgon]

Here are a couple handy reference sites:

http://www.sandpile.org

and

http://users.erols.com/chare/elec.htm

Intel's documentation in the past has said that the absolute peak heat output of the P4-family processors is about 4/3 of the "thermal design power" or TDP. So if you take the 130W TDP of a P-D 830 and multiply that by 4/3, that's about 170W (at stock speed/voltage). From a quick skim, the P-D 830 and 840 appear to be tied with the 840EE as the best CPUs for cooking waffles with.

 

[2kfire]

275 watts would be SYSTEM power consumption. 130 watts is the "TDP", or Thermal Design Power. This is how much power the motherboard components Mainly), HSF, case etc. must be able to dissipate when using that processor. It doesn't neccesarily mean that the CPU actually consumes that much power. Ex. Athlon 64 3700+ Venice core is rated at 89 W, same as AMD Athlon 64 4000+ Clawhammer, but the Venice consumes less power