We measured the power consumption of our entire test system at the wall while loading the CPU using Prime95 and GPU using FurMark. We recorded results with the system at reference clock speeds and when overclocked to 4.7 GHz.
We see a big jump in power consumption with the system overclocked,
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Gigabyte has used CES 2026 to showcase a specialised lineup of motherboards designed to squeeze every last frame out of AMD's Ryzen 9000 Series X3D processors. Leading the charge is the X870E Aorus Xtreme X3D AI Top, a flagship board focused on high‑frequency memory stability and aggressive thermal management for the latest 3D V‑Cache silicon.
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Thats one hell of a warp looking at the back I/o http://35tuftuf.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IMG_0018.jpg%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Excellent board and good review. sold it well I think. id like to hear this with my Sennheiser HD800’s.
I am actually using the A85W board from biostar that already has good audio quality. Can anybody tell if it is comparable? I think there is not much space to improve in here!