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Power consumption is a hot topic of conversation in recent months as people are paying more attention to their electricity bills and overall energy footprint.
We used a calibrated meter to measure the power at the wall.
Firstly we analysed the power drain when all systems were at reference clock speeds (Core i7 3960X EE @ 3.3ghz, Core i5 2500k @ 3.3ghz, Core i7 2600k @ 3.4ghz, Core i7 2700k @ 3.5ghz and FX 8150 @ 3.6ghz).
All systems were loaded with Cinebench R11.5 64 bit.
Next we overclocked the processors, increasing voltage settings.
Considering the performance, the overclocked load results are surprisingly good, only consuming 36 watts more than the AMD FX 8150, even though its running 200mhz faster.
Above, we recorded power at the socket when running the last test in 3DMark 11 – stressing both CPU (3960X EE @ 4.8ghz) and GPU (HD6990 – 880 mhz).
We used an Enermax Platimax 1200W for all our reviews today, we highly recommend it.
32GB of ram for under £170, I find that hard to believe, nice find there on Amazon
ASUS bioses are really strong, a lot of people dont give them c redit for that work which is (to me) the main reason for buying a board.
I would opt for Rampage IV Extreme because of LN2 slow switch, it will really make a difference.
Very impressive setup. Shame it costs a fortune
Id love 32gb of ram witht this system
Rampage IV extreme is better. better bios settings.
Sure, rampage is better but you could buy a set of quality memory with this for the same price. its all about finances.
Niccely done. Not sure anyone would need 32GB of ram, id rather go for 8gb or 16GB but clocked faster. maybe just me.
“We could almost imagine that Corsair made this memory specifically for the Asus P9X79 Deluxe Motherboard, as shown above.”
Apart from the fact that corsair won’t be marketing quad channel vengeance with blue heat spreaders.