We measured the power consumption of our entire test system at the wall while loading the CPU using Prime95. We recorded results with the system at reference clock speeds and when overclocked to 4.7 GHz.
The power consumption of the i7-3770K was far lower than that of the i7-2700K which will certainly be favourable for your electricity bill. This is the main benefit of the die shrink to 22nm from Sandy to Ivy Bridge.
Nice to see a different company being reviewed on Kitguru. never actually had one of their boards but this one looks quite good to me.
Wow another Z77 board. Id love to know right now, how many Z77 boards are in the channel. must be at least 40.
Good looking board, but not sure I would buy biostar, have they any UK warranty terms etc? I know ASUS have a good return/replace system via their paretners?
MediaExpresso’s chart says higher scores mean better performance.
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I think you might be mistaken. The faster the encoding time, the less time you have to wait.