Gaming: Rumour That Intel's Next-gen Nova Lake Chips Will Consume Up To 700...

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Intel's past few series of desktop processors have somewhat of a bad reputation for being power-hungry beasts. Its current range of Arrow Lake chips has reversed this trend, fortunately, but with one top leaker claiming that the next generation, Nova Lake, will hit the 700 W mark, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Intel has gone backwards again. However, for PC gaming, you've got nothing to worry about.

That power figure is from kopite7kimi who posted on X that the "power consumption of a full-load NVL-K is over 700 watts." Since they're considered to be a reliable source of hardware leaks and rumours, there have been quite a few eyebrows raised over the purported power level.

Source: PC Gamer