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Old 04-29-2014, 12:37 PM   #14
cmyden
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Originally Posted by photon View Post
Power draw difference for me isn't about cost, it's about heat and noise. I.e. for a power supply a very efficient one means it generates the least amount of waste heat possible.
Good point! It seems like one might be able to get a bit more CPU for the money by going with AMD over Intel, but they seem to draw a lot more power. I did a little more searching yesterday, and AMD seems to draw about 3X as much power at a similar speed to Intel.

Updated Intel CPU chart...



The Xeon E3-1230V3 seems like a pretty good price/performance buy at $260.
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