is this too much wattage for cpu?

garretts43

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Dec 31, 2013
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I am at 75-80w which brings my temps up to the 60's and i am on balanced mode with NO oc. i enabled instel speedstep even though it was on auto, but it didnt help. i am in the 30's when idle. core temp says i am 3999.65mhz the entire time when playing bf4. I assume thats the turbo boost, but does it really consume that much power? I switched mobos yesterday, but I mean i dont think that would be the issue. when i exit the game my wattage goes down to 15-20w and then my frequency jumps around, but its no longer stuck at 3999.65

4960x, samsung 840ev 500gb, asus sabertooth x79, 4x4 16gb dominator platinum, 1500w psu EVGA, 780ti SC SLI