Hi!
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 11:15:15AM -0400, nick@snowman.net wrote:
> > to be about 25-30watts. Each 1800+ MP puts out 66w of heat, meaning it
> > uses more than 66w (I couldn't find the power useage stats)
>
> Meaning that they consume 66w. All energy is tranfered to heat.
> (Where else would you expect energy to go? My CPUs don't do mechanical
> work nor do they build up potential energy.)
But they drive other parts of mainboard. [Imagine led on the mainboard but
powered from CPU. Imagine that led takes 3W (unrealistic).] Then CPU needs
66W from power supply but onlly makes heat from 63W.
Pavel
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