Re:AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i5 Review
by throwawayish on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @03:31PM
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> But I guess the money you saved on buying the CPU will outweigh the electricity costs even in countries where electricity is expensive.
Unless he's running 24/7 and paying way too much, yeah, by a large margin. Even these older Xeons weren't that bad at energy saving.
Also, since CPU's are idle more of the time than under load the savings by using a newer CPU like Kaby Lake or Ryzen could be interesting. There is also the motherboard. Newer boards consume less power because the chips are on a smaller node.
But I guess the money you saved on buying the CPU will outweigh the electricity costs even in countries where electricity is expensive.