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it's really not that complicated. PL2 is two settings in most bioses, a power limit and a max duration for that limit. sure, you could spend hours optimizing wi
by leetcrew 4y ago
it's really not that complicated. PL2 is two settings in most bioses, a power limit and a max duration for that limit. sure, you could spend hours optimizing with all kinds of tweaks, but if you just want your cpu never to exceed 150W for more than 120 seconds, it takes a couple minutes to configure that.
but that's kinda missing the larger point. if you care more about power consumption than performance, you aren't the target audience for K-suffix parts anyway. these parts are specifically marketed to enthusiasts.
- jeffbee 4y agoI honestly have no idea why anyone uses the BIOS to set power limits. Intel, in their infinite wisdom, has exposed the relevant MSRs and they can be changed at any time. I feel like the BIOS is the worst possible place to set this, especially since changing it to suit your workload without rebooting is so valuable. Example: I currently have my 12th-gen Core configured in a peculiar way that caps the all-core turbo clock rate to 4100MHz, but this leads to shorter project build times because it leaves thermal overhead sufficient for the single-threaded link to hit 5200MHz earlier and longer.
- fomine3 4y agoIt's easy for me but you underestimate PC DIY population. AMD's precision boost override looks great for this.