Bazzer Smith wrote:
> "Yugo" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:12d4v2t2bqhls54@corp.supernews.com...
>
>>Bazzer Smith wrote:
>>
>>>"Yugo" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>>>news:12d4mod9ti425a3@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>>>Hi, I am not sure precisely what you are asking (I take it English is not
>>>your
>>>first language), but anyway....
>>
>>I didn't think my english was that bad :) I will reformulate my question.
>>
>>"Is the Ahtlon 64 expected to work at 2200 MHz with 35 or 62W?"
>>
>>And the answer is in the link you provided:
>>
>>
>>>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060516-6840.html
>>
>>The answer is no. 35 and 62W are "the power you have to design the cooling
>>solution to dissipate". As a processor with Cool and Quiet shouldn't work
>>at full speed all the time, the cooling solution doesn't have to be
>>adapted to maximum wattage.
>
>
>
> Cool and Quiet only lowers the CPU speed when the CPU is 'idle' or when it
> doesn't need to run at full speed, however there will be times when it will
> run at
> full speed, so your cooling system must be able to cope with this other wise
> you
> risk damaging the chip.

Heat transfer rate, or heat flow per unit time, is labeled:

(formula)

to indicate a change per unit time. It is measured in watts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat

So heat dissipation in watts might be unrelated to the CPU's wattage.