Re: price of the CPU, price of the heatsink, price of the power supply, price of the electricty. No reason a consumer would ever figure out the difference. Let them pay the idiot tax.
The "idiot" tax is hardly any different than any other consumer electronics one would buy. I don't say the same about that Sony Plasma TV that someone buys when the LG set is half the price and just as good (and in this example, we're talking about items that cost several times what a budget PC will cost someone).
As for electricity, it's moot since most of these CPUs dissipate far less while idle anyway. And that's just the people that keep their computers on 24/7. I used to several years ago, but I don't anymore. Having computers that come so quickly out of suspend or hibernate really defeats the purpose of all-day on periods, anyway.
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