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Are those concerns even reasonable? My CPU runs most of the day at around 5-20% usage And it reaches top usage when I run some relatively new game for like a

Are those concerns even reasonable? My CPU runs most of the day at around 5-20% usage And it reaches top usage when I run some relatively new game for like a hour a week at best Thus, the point is: why power usage at highest usage is that important? I'd say power usage for the most common CPU usage is most important for majority of the people (for data center it'd be different)

KennyBlanken 4y ago
These sorts of CPUs are probably more likely to be bought by people who use them heavily, rather than sit idle for hours and hours. Obviously there will always be the Whale who surfs the web but has to buy a 13900k, but most people aren't dropping this sort of dough if they don't need the horsepower. I can spend several hours on a weekend night gaming, and my GPU and CPU, depending on the game, are going half to full tilt. Typically ~350W, and that doesn't include my two monitors. When it's not in active use, it's asleep - I rarely leave it idling for more than ~30min before I put it in sleep mode. I'd say it probably spends 25% of its life under load. This and the prior generation I9s use 2-3x the wattage of current generation AMD CPUs...couple that with NVIDIA 4000 series cards hitting 600W and you could have an intel 13900k w/4090 gaming rig using around 1000W, not including PSU efficiency losses or monitor(s). We're talking "you might need a dedicated circuit if you're on 100-120VAC and want anything else on that circuit" territory; it wouldn't surprise me if people start hiring electricians to switch circuits over to 208v.
- leetcrew 4y ago
  how does gaming for several hours on weekends add up to your PC being at load 25% of it's life? think that through. you'd need to spend 42 hours/week gaming for that to be correct, literally gaming like it's a full-time job. that's not unheard of, but it's not common and it's certainly not healthy.
  - tester756 4y ago
    What? Turning your pc OFF means it's not running You can use PC for 4 hours/week, so 3h gaming per week = 75% That's what I believe s/he meant

KennyBlanken 4y ago

These sorts of CPUs are probably more likely to be bought by people who use them heavily, rather than sit idle for hours and hours. Obviously there will always be the Whale who surfs the web but has to buy a 13900k, but most people aren't dropping this sort of dough if they don't need the horsepower. I can spend several hours on a weekend night gaming, and my GPU and CPU, depending on the game, are going half to full tilt. Typically ~350W, and that doesn't include my two monitors. When it's not in active use, it's asleep - I rarely leave it idling for more than ~30min before I put it in sleep mode. I'd say it probably spends 25% of its life under load. This and the prior generation I9s use 2-3x the wattage of current generation AMD CPUs...couple that with NVIDIA 4000 series cards hitting 600W and you could have an intel 13900k w/4090 gaming rig using around 1000W, not including PSU efficiency losses or monitor(s). We're talking "you might need a dedicated circuit if you're on 100-120VAC and want anything else on that circuit" territory; it wouldn't surprise me if people start hiring electricians to switch circuits over to 208v.

leetcrew 4y ago
how does gaming for several hours on weekends add up to your PC being at load 25% of it's life? think that through. you'd need to spend 42 hours/week gaming for that to be correct, literally gaming like it's a full-time job. that's not unheard of, but it's not common and it's certainly not healthy.
- tester756 4y ago
  What? Turning your pc OFF means it's not running You can use PC for 4 hours/week, so 3h gaming per week = 75% That's what I believe s/he meant