Keeping Cool When Power Consumed Tops 150 Watts at 4.1 GHz

12:26 - Wednesday 10 May 2006 by Bert Töpelt
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: dual, 41, ghz, cores, uk

Table of content:
12 – Keeping Cool When Power Consum...
  1. 1 – A Budget CPU At Top Speeds
  2. 2 – A Budget CPU At Top Speeds, Continued
  3. 3 – Inside the Pentium D 805
  4. 4 – The Secret Of The Multiplier
  5. 5 – 133 MHz FSB: Perfect For Overclocking
  6. 6 – How Is Breaking The 4 GHz Barrier Possible?
  7. 7 – How Is Breaking The 4 GHz Barrier Possible? Continued
  8. 8 – How Is Breaking The 4 GHz Barrier Possible? Continued
  9. 9 – Three Theories Where The Customer Comes Out Ahead
  10. 10 – Which Memory Clock Speed Is Most Suitable?
  11. 11 – The Right Chipset
  12. 12 – Keeping Cool When Power Consumed Tops 150 Watts at 4.1 GHz
  13. 13 – Keeping Cool When Power Consumed Tops 150 Watts at 4.1 GHz, Continued
  14. 14 – Power Consumption Levels Top 200 W
  15. 15 – Power Consumption Levels Top 200 W, Continued
  16. 16 – Energy Saving Functions Lack C1E
  17. 17 – Risk-free Overclocking, Including Heat Protection
  18. 18 – Ready For The 64 Bit Future
  19. 19 – Tom's Hardware Guides Overclocking Diary
  20. 20 – 3.33 GHz Remains Stable At Standard Voltage Levels
  21. 21 – 3.33 GHz Remains Stable At Standard Voltage Levels, Continued
  22. 22 – Trouble Free Operation At 3.60 GHz
  23. 23 – At 3.8 GHz Some Minor Voltage Increases Become Necessary
  24. 24 – Water Cooling Is Recommended For 4.0 GHz
  25. 25 – Water Cooling Is Recommended For 4.0 GHz, Continued
  26. 26 – Overclocking To 4.10 GHz Boosts Basic Clock Speed By 54 Percent
  27. 27 – Overclocking To 4.10 GHz Boosts Basic Clock Speed By 54 Percent, Continued
  28. 28 – Will The System Boot At 4.3 GHz?
  29. 29 – Benchmark Results Show Performance Increases Of Up To 54 Percent
  30. 30 – 3D, Continued
  31. 31 – 3D, Continued
  32. 32 – Video Editing / Video Encoding
  33. 33 – Video, Continued
  34. 34 – Video, Continued
  35. 35 – Audio Encoding
  36. 36 – Office Applications
  37. 37 – Office Applications, Continued
  38. 38 – Parallel Applications - Multitasking
  39. 39 – Synthetic Benchmarks
  40. 40 – Synthetic Benchmarks, Continued
  41. 41 – Synthetic Benchmarks, Continued
  42. 42 – Synthetic Benchmarks, Continued
  43. 43 – Summary Overview: Who's The Winner?
  44. 44 – Conclusion: The 4.1 GHz Dual Core Delivers Peak Performance For Pocket C...
  45. 45 – Conclusion, Continued

Keeping Cool When Power Consumed Tops 150 Watts at 4.1 GHz

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The dark side of overclocking a CPU is the heat produced when consuming enormous amounts of power. Since our Pentium D 805 CPU was built using 90 nm fabrication technology and implements a dual core design, power consumption at clock speeds over 4 GHz climbs to extreme levels.

The O5A designation on the packaging describes the CPU's energy class.

According to the "Platform Compatibility Guide", this CPU consumes 95 W of power at its standard clock rate - the 05A abbreviation that appears on the packaging represents the PRB0 specification. Of course, this also means that the CPU cooler that's bundled with this processor is designed only for such relatively modest power consumption levels.

This is the stock cooler packaged with the CPU.

An excerpt from the datasheet for the Pentium D 805

At a standard CPU clock speed of 2.66 GHz, Intel specifies maximum power consumption of 95 W. On a purely mathematical basis, this produces theoretical power consumption levels of 142 W at 4 GHz.


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