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I'm not saying it's not high, but it's only 12W under gen 5 MAX load. The graphs show that most of the time it isn't going to hit that or even close. So for the performance/price balance, most people could live with the extra wattage, assuming a good cooling solution, which a lot of mobo's come with standard.Compared to 1-2 watts, which is where nand needs to be, no moving parts. Gen4 is higher but not at these levels. The reported idle has no excuse, it doesnt need to run at those power levels at idle.