> > One thing that is not clear to me is how much more power efficient (and the more > > important derivative of this, quiet) the i7 is. > > The i7 drops to 1.6 GHz and starts turning off cores basically the instant you quit > MAME, so it's by far the most livable overclocked processor I've ever used. It's a > significant turnaround from the days of the Pentium 4, to put it mildly.
That's great, but I was wondering more about under load. I hate it when fans spin up.