http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/Feb 25th 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/
Support the underbog for better competition.]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/Feb 25th 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/
See, Intel? If you want to, you can actually be competitive without being anticompetitive!]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/Feb 25th 2010 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/Look at all these folks trying to justify their AMD builds by ragging on Intel. Give it up guys - a computer's a computer. If it works for you and that's all you could afford - then enjoy it ;)]]>Feb 25th 2010 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/
"If power consumption isn't a big deal, why is there such a push to make them more efficient?"

Because Intel and AMD both recycle their desktop technology into their mobile offerings. When you see Intel and AMD making strides in power efficiency on a particular core design their initial goal is to make chips that can run a laptop for more than 5 minutes...not to make your desktop machine run 5 degrees cooler. Of course, there are other benefits to better power efficiency as well. Usually better power efficiency means a higher level of top end performance.

What you usually see in the market is a new CPU design will come out for servers/desktops, it gets refined into a more power efficient mobile version that is later released for laptops/notebooks, then still later it swings around and gets pin repackaged and is offered as a budget cpu in cheap desktops which these days is marketed as being 'Green' or having 'low power consumption'. Which is true, especially by comparison because by then usually the CPU maker has released their next gen desktop cpu, and whaddaya know, the power usage is SKY HIGH again. But, the cycle continues because people don't really notice or care as much about their desktop running a little hotter as they do about their laptop draining it's battery before they can watch an entire Family Guy episode (or whatever) on Hulu...]]>Feb 25th 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/Feb 25th 2010 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/
Troll]]>Feb 25th 2010 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/Feb 25th 2010 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/Feb 25th 2010 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/
So yeah, comparing it to that is irrelevant.]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/It's still quite common in laptops, as they're a huge power save compared to a 7,200RPM HDD.]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/
The harddrive has almost nothing to do with a 3DMark score.

Nobody in their right mind would use a 5400rpm drive as a desktop boot drive.]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/
4200rpm are common in laptops with 5400rpm the more expensive option.]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/Feb 25th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-hdd-battery,1955.html]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/Actually, all those "Green" TB-range HDDs are 5400 rpm. As you increase data density slower drives don't slow down as much (less travel time)]]>Feb 25th 2010 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/I am studing at Coventry university and i have a project about electricity consumption from computers and how we can reduce it. I just found that topic accidentally.Do you know more websites and topics about computer electricity consumption to get an idea to to my project.i appreciate it and i hope you will help me.
thanks in advance ]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/check out this article http://www.silentpcreview.com/article265-page1.html]]>Feb 25th 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCO_Certification]]>Feb 25th 2010 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/Feb 25th 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/
AMD will strike back hard with their joint-coop GlobalFoundries fabs.
They'll start producing 28nm ARM processors first, then ATI hardware will follow.]]>Feb 25th 2010 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/
How true that is. Personally, I have a hard time justifying spending much more on a desktop CPU that is somewhat more efficient. Electricity is cheap, and you probably won't even notice the difference on your energy bill unless you alwyays have your computer running at full load. (Hardcore gamers maybe?)

I've been sticking with cheaper but comparable AMD processors for years for just that reason, and it suits me fine. I don't buy bleeding edge, but I get fairly competent processors. Most times they're not running at full load anyway, with the exception of some gaming and home video transcoding, so the efficiency isn't that different.

And like Schmich said, supporting the underdog can only lead to better competition, and therefore win for us consumers.]]>Feb 25th 2010 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/Feb 25th 2010 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/
I will use my AMD and ATi, thank you sir.]]>Feb 25th 2010 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/lower clock rates use less energy]]>Feb 25th 2010 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/
If I'm wrong, so be it and I'll happily accept down-ranking oblivion. If I'm right, I do wonder how they let such a comparison out the door.]]>Feb 25th 2010 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/25/desktop-pc-components-get-rated-for-power-efficiency-intel-rule/Feb 26th 2010 12:35PM