TDP Confusion
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:22 am
Hi,
I am looking to build a system using a Phenom II X6 1090t Black edition processor however I seem to have hit a bit of a snag. The TDP of the processor is 125w and most of the motherboards I have looked at support 95w. Please could you let me know, in laymans terms (as dumbed down as you can lol), what the implications of this are? i.e. will the motherboard just throttle down the power or not run it at all?
If it throttles the processor down, do you think it would be better going for an X4 with a higher frequency?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Andy
I am looking to build a system using a Phenom II X6 1090t Black edition processor however I seem to have hit a bit of a snag. The TDP of the processor is 125w and most of the motherboards I have looked at support 95w. Please could you let me know, in laymans terms (as dumbed down as you can lol), what the implications of this are? i.e. will the motherboard just throttle down the power or not run it at all?
If it throttles the processor down, do you think it would be better going for an X4 with a higher frequency?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Andy