oem northwood uses less power???

[Conroy9]

According to this page from Intel (http://support.intel.com/support/processors/sspec/p4p.htm), the OEM version of Northwood appears to use 20% less power than the retail version.

Also, the OEM versions have the footnote "These processors are limited to <= 45W Thermal Design Point.", although I'm not sure what that means...

Doesn't that mean we should all be trying to buy OEM processors instead of retail, or am I completely off?

Conroy

 

[Trader05]

Uses less power means, less heat i guess....probally when overclocking and the heat exceeds 45 it can damage the chip.

 

[Conroy9]

right.. so if uses less power implies less heat, should the OEM be able to overclock better or require less cooling at a given clock?

 

[Trader05]

we'll have to find out! SOMEONE BUY AN OEM 1.6a NOW! lol...seriously i don't know how it would work out, for example, my 1.6a@2.1ghz idles at 40 and at full load is 45. If the oem can overclock without voltage adjustments, i guess it would be better.

 

[CHHASmatroxuser]

I think it means that the OEM Northwood throttles at a lower temperature than the retain one. That would make sense with the note about limiting to <45W.