Ok, I admit it's been a while since we ran those tests, but, believe me, power consumption hasn't increased that much. Let me try and help with an anecdote about a system we looked at more recently. The only components that are really significant from a power consumption point of view are CPUs and ...

You assume wrong; it's not double. It's around +30% for Intel dualcores right now, maybe a bit more. ------------------- You're guessing. How can one chip use 167W and the second, identical chip, not use the same? Also, the xbit number you cite appear to be for total system AC power draw, NOT indiv...

S12 430W doesn't have dual PCI-E connectors from what I know (not even one connector some people say. I should know since i owned one before, but my memory is failing me), and that could be why it is not "SLI ready". Uh-oh, maybe you're right. I thought the filter for "dual 12v" was the same for th...