(04-24-2012, 08:54 PM)bret emerald Wrote: Thermal design power has everything to do with how much thermal energy a cooling solution for the cpu will have to dissipate and NOTHING to do with how much you will save in your electricity bill.
I lol'd it DOES effect how much power is used in some way or another
I also got some reading for you
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_design_power