> 102W is a /lot/ of power Yeah, and OP was saying that was only the socket consumption, you've also got to add in chipset, memory, discrete GPU, hard drives,

> 102W is a /lot/ of power Yeah, and OP was saying that was only the socket consumption, you've also got to add in chipset, memory, discrete GPU, hard drives, NIC, sound, etc... and power supply overhead as well. I bet that system was pulling 400-500W total under the load he described.