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Originally Posted by Neuromancer View Post
On CPUs it is STILL about hte wattage though. From what I understand current does not change, they arelimited to specific amount, to get more power to a chip you raise the volts to raise the total wattage supplied. So yes, more volts does help.

I always though that wattage was constant and that lowering voltage meant that more current was needed, but was informed by a couple of reputable, and some not so reputable people that it is not the case.
How it more current not used? If you do any other electrical crap, and use too small of a wire, you will pull extra amps.
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