- Feb 18, 2014
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Hey there, while I'm on the wait for Broadwell with a Z97M board already bought and tested I got offered from a friend an used i7 4770K for a great deal $250, I'm really considering it since the reason I'll be moving to Intel is because of its less power consumption/performance than AMDs, and i5 Boardwell chip will definitely do the job for me but seeing how cheap it the i7 I can't go wrong with that either... so looking around to see if Corsair CX500W was enough (definitely is) for it I found this article from the corsair website that it might not be compatible with Haswell chip, while I know this is enough (500w) for the chip I read that disabling the sleep state thing will make it work just fine, but what does exactly it do? (mostly for the people who has this chip), won't the CPU reduce its power consumption when is on IDLE if the sleep state is disabled? or will the system hang or something like that when is on IDLE?
Sorry for my ignorance but I'm not experienced with some electrical terms, I don't really want to buy another PSU (probably $80+) just for its support either, that would be no longer a deal for me. As for why a K chip and Z97 chipset if I'm concerned about power consumption, Yes I won't be overclocking but simply put, I'd want to have that extra power for when I need it in the future without going with expensive upgrades.
btw the GPU I will be running with it is a GTX 760 if anyone want to know.
Sorry for my ignorance but I'm not experienced with some electrical terms, I don't really want to buy another PSU (probably $80+) just for its support either, that would be no longer a deal for me. As for why a K chip and Z97 chipset if I'm concerned about power consumption, Yes I won't be overclocking but simply put, I'd want to have that extra power for when I need it in the future without going with expensive upgrades.
btw the GPU I will be running with it is a GTX 760 if anyone want to know.
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