The H57 consumes 20% of electricity more than the H55

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tirannosaurorex
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The H57 consumes 20% of electricity more than the H55

Post by tirannosaurorex » Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:44 am

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The H57 consumes 20% of electricity more than the H55 only to have the RAID

Link: http://www.anandtech.com/show/2945/7

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Observed both Gigabyte and Asus.

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Post by ilovejedd » Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:47 am

I'm actually more interested in seeing power consumption values for the Intel DH57JG and Zotac H55ITX-A-E.

Didn't find a Zotac vs Intel benchmark but I did find this:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2949/5

Methinks the chipset itself isn't the culprit but rather the implementation?

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Post by MtnHermit » Thu Apr 01, 2010 1:55 pm

ilovejedd wrote:Methinks the chipset itself isn't the culprit but rather the implementation?
I agree. H57 goes into higher end MBs which begets more VRM's which consume more power. Also, the default settings could very well be different.

None the less a good find because it reminds us to dot the i's and cross the t's in BIOS.

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Post by ces » Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:49 pm

MtnHermit wrote:
ilovejedd wrote:Methinks the chipset itself isn't the culprit but rather the implementation?
I agree. H57 goes into higher end MBs which begets more VRM's which consume more power. Also, the default settings could very well be different.
Seems like there have the same VRMs. One if a matx and the other an atx.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1019-page2.html

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but 20% is a big difference.

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Post by tirannosaurorex » Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:45 pm

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The two Gigabyte mATX format and are measured by the difference between H57 and H55 AnandTech are 11 Watt (20%)
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mot ... uctID=3307
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mot ... uctID=3308
In the two Asus instead the difference between H57 and H55 are 11 Watt + 3 Watt ..... 11 Watts the difference between H57 and H55 and the difference between size 3 Watt mATX and ATX form factor

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Le due Gigabyte sono in formato mATX e la differenza misurata da AnandTech tra H57 e H55 sono 11 Watt (20%)
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mot ... uctID=3307
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Mot ... uctID=3308
Nelle due Asus invece la differenza tra H57 e H55 sono 11 Watt + 3 Watt ..... 11 Watt la differenza tra H57 e H55 e 3 Watt la differenza tra formato mATX e formato ATX

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Post by ces » Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:28 am

tirannosaurorex wrote:Translated with GOOGLE
In the two Asus instead the difference between H57 and H55 are 11 Watt + 3 Watt ..... 11 Watts the difference between H57 and H55 and the difference between size 3 Watt mATX and ATX form factor

Original message in Italian.
Nelle due Asus invece la differenza tra H57 e H55 sono 11 Watt + 3 Watt ..... 11 Watt la differenza tra H57 e H55 e 3 Watt la differenza tra formato mATX e formato ATX
Thanks, that is exceedingly useful info. 11 watts is nothing to sneeze at, though perhaps 3 watts is.

Did you know that the H55 can talk to hard drives and SSDs only using IDE as opposed to ACHI. You need to go to the H57 to get this capability. Though I would guess that most builders of H55 board must add the capability in anyways (though probably at the cost of a few watts)

Now I need to translate this info into intelligent buying decisions.

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