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Don't ignore that "idle" isn't a real thing. Most Reddit users complaining about high idle consumption have a program causing the problem. For me, shutting down
by mrguyorama 3y ago
Don't ignore that "idle" isn't a real thing. Most Reddit users complaining about high idle consumption have a program causing the problem. For me, shutting down the Steam program took my Ryzen 3600 from 22 watts "idle" to 2 watts idle.
There is no such thing as idle in a modern desktop.
- wtallis 3y agoThis problem also shows up in Intel's latest Meteor Lake laptop processors, which are supposed to be able to power off the CPU chiplet and idle with the two low-power cores on the SoC chiplet. In practice, most OEMs ship too much crapware on their laptops for that capability to kick in, and it's really hard to get Windows cleaned up enough to get the battery life the chip ought to provide.
- SomeoneFromCA 3y agoLOL