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Power consumption between different MB chipsets?

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videobruce

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Using the same (or very similar components, is there any power consumption difference between different motherboard chipsets?

Example: AMD 970 vs 990 vs 990FX.

Using the same processor and same number and types of drives and same chipset video card (apples vs apples) is there any lees draw with a 970 vs the step up 990 or 990FX? with no overclocking on processor or video card and running same O/S with the same power settings in the BIOS & the O/S
 
It should be pretty close .

Maybe 0.5 to 1.25 watts. Not anything overall. And after seeing cheap good overclocking Denebs leaving the retail market in the normal Usa market, there is no way in heck I would have a 970 chipsetted mobo since they overclock poorly since those 970 boards are all built with weak VRM circuits and FX processors need all the VRM circuitry they can have.
RGone...
 
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