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<blockquote data-quote="ziphnor" data-source="post: 54591" data-attributes="member: 14215">As i said before, you pay alot more for the 1000W of electricity as compared to getting the same effect with normal heating. There are also some enviromental issues, you shouldnt just waste electric energy like that. Using that kind of argumentation, we should all be using power inefficient consumer electronics <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />From a noise perspective regarding the CPU the only parameter is the CPU thermal dissipation, if its hot it requires more cooling, which tends to be noiser. If you can cool a P4 silently ( passively? ), then fine, but in that sense any CPU can be cooled silently, and then there is no need to prefer one over the other for noise reasons at *all*. You can always take any cooling solution for a hot CPU and apply it to a cool CPU with the same or less noise resulting.I could see your point if choosing the energy efficient solution had some disadvantage, but i dont see any. Currently the AMD / Core Duo systems are just plain better than their Pentium D counterparts both when seen from a performance-per-watt, performance-per-price, and performance overall point of view.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ziphnor, post: 54591, member: 14215"] As i said before, you pay alot more for the 1000W of electricity as compared to getting the same effect with normal heating. There are also some enviromental issues, you shouldnt just waste electric energy like that. Using that kind of argumentation, we should all be using power inefficient consumer electronics :) From a noise perspective regarding the CPU the only parameter is the CPU thermal dissipation, if its hot it requires more cooling, which tends to be noiser. If you can cool a P4 silently ( passively? ), then fine, but in that sense any CPU can be cooled silently, and then there is no need to prefer one over the other for noise reasons at *all*. You can always take any cooling solution for a hot CPU and apply it to a cool CPU with the same or less noise resulting. I could see your point if choosing the energy efficient solution had some disadvantage, but i dont see any. Currently the AMD / Core Duo systems are just plain better than their Pentium D counterparts both when seen from a performance-per-watt, performance-per-price, and performance overall point of view. [/QUOTE]

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