I know.. but I won't get more for my 7950 than what I'd have to pay for a 750Ti. And 230 watts is like a tad bit more than running idle

If you're using 230W at idle something is wrong. All of my rigs use 40-50W at idle with no vid cards, 100-120W with 3-5 cards.
I5 2500K, and my monitor alone uses 60 watts. Nothing is wrong, really

I think it uses about 180 watts idle, 230 when mining. I'm just running the miner since it's on all day anyways. Not like I have a tweaked mining rig with the cheapest processor and whatnot.