Power Consumption
To test power consumption, we monitor the overall power of the system through a plug-in electricity usage monitor at an idle and load state. This allows us to show the fluctuation between how much power draw the system takes at idle and at load. By monitoring the overall usage of the whole system, it gives an easy comparison if you wish to do the same yourself as opposed to buying very expensive individual testing equipment.
Power is a key area for this new platform and Gigabyte seemed to have harnessed it nicely by using less power overall than both boards.
When overclocked to 4.4GHz, the power levels did of course increase, but still remained under 300 Watts which is a fantastic selling point for this platform.
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