Overclocking and power-draw
OverclockingHow far would the P6T SE scale once we added 10 per cent extra voltage to all the key lines? The premise was to see how high the BCLK frequency would run at with good stability.
| Highest stable (Core i7) reference clock | |
|---|---|
| Gigabyte EX58-UD5 | ASUS P6T SE |
| 210 | 202 |
Anything around 200MHz BCLK is good, intimating a possible 4GHz clock-speed on a locked Core i7 920 chip.
Power-draw
| Motherboard: power-draw (idle) | |
|---|---|
| Gigabyte EX58-UD5 | ASUS P6T SE |
| 129 | 114 |
| Motherboard: power-draw (2D, CINEBENCH) | |
|---|---|
| Gigabyte EX58-UD5 | ASUS P6T SE |
| 206 | 192 |
| Motherboard: power-draw (3D, FC2) | |
|---|---|
| Gigabyte EX58-UD5 | ASUS P6T SE |
| 211 | 189 |
The fewer components on the P6T SE translate to lower power-draw readings across the board - pun intended. CINEBENCH hammers all the CPU's cores whereas Far Cry 2 doesn't. Factor in the mid-range graphics-card's power-draw and there isn't much between the under-load 2D and 3D numbers.