Power Settings
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 7:21 am
Not sure if this belongs here or if i should have posted in the CPU/MoBo section, But recently i came across the setting in the registry that enables the disabled options in the control panel power options and couldn't find a post about them using the search function.
At first i was playing around with enabling the cores to park when the system is idle, But this lead me to enable all the disabled setting just to experiment with lowering the power draw of the system with the theory of reducing temperature and thus fan speed.
So now i get a full list of what can be changed in the control panel power options but why there disabled by default IDK.
Some questions i have and could do with some advise about are.
1) Does parking a core reduce power consumption and thus reduce temperature ?
2) How to get the CPU to underclock more and would this in turn reduce power/temps ?
3) Are the options disabled because the CPU/MoBo don't support them or M$ don't trust the end user not to mess up there PC ?
4) And lastly do you have any suggestions on lowering power draw thus lowering temps, allowing me to run with slower fans or possibly no fans at all ?
At first i was playing around with enabling the cores to park when the system is idle, But this lead me to enable all the disabled setting just to experiment with lowering the power draw of the system with the theory of reducing temperature and thus fan speed.
So now i get a full list of what can be changed in the control panel power options but why there disabled by default IDK.
Some questions i have and could do with some advise about are.
1) Does parking a core reduce power consumption and thus reduce temperature ?
2) How to get the CPU to underclock more and would this in turn reduce power/temps ?
3) Are the options disabled because the CPU/MoBo don't support them or M$ don't trust the end user not to mess up there PC ?
4) And lastly do you have any suggestions on lowering power draw thus lowering temps, allowing me to run with slower fans or possibly no fans at all ?