Low Power Server CPUs: the energy saving choice?

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Low Power Server CPUs:  the energy saving choice?

   

 
   Keeping an eye on power when choosing the hardware and software components is thus much more than naively following the hype of “green IT”. It is simply the smart thing to do. We take another shot at understanding how choosing your server components wisely can give you a cost advantage. In this article, we focus on low power Xeons in a consolidated Hyper-V/Windows 2008 virtualization scenario. Do Low Power Xeons save energy and costs? We designed a new and improved methodology to find out.

   
   
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http://www.anandtech.com/show/3817/low-power-server-cpus-the-energy-saving-choice
    

[Schlup]

I always thought the power savings stuff was a crock, now I know for sure that I was right!

[AngryYankee]

My mobo came with a program to lower my CPU clock speeds and save energy when I do not need the OC speed I set.  At idle I can be low as 2.7 GHz while I have it clocked to 3.87.  Nomal speed is 3.0.