[mythtv-users] silent and low-power: AMD or Intel?

[Stephen Norris]

On Wed, 2009-05-27 at 19:49 -0400, John Drescher wrote:

> I will have to examine that with my Intel Q9550. I know on AMD CPUs
> this saves a significant amount of power. I mean 95W+ AMD chips do
> pull in 16 to 18W at 1GHz and ~1V instead of ~3GHz and 1.25V.
> 
> John

The heat in a CPU is from it using electricity to do work - less heat
means it must be using less electricity...

	Stephen