Another question regarding PowerD
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Hello!
I am running pfsense on a Intel Celeron J4125 4 x 2ghz.
Regardless if i am using minimum setting of PowerD or disable it, the power consumption of my mini pc does not going under 5.5Watt and does not go over 7 Watt, its is flapping between those numbers regardless of PowerD setting.
Can someone explain that? I thought it should consume more power with PowerD disabled while using 4 x 2Ghz, with PowerD on minimum it uses 800Mhz and it consumes the same power.
I do not concern about 7watt, i know this is like nothing, but im courious why it is so low.
regards
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@wamo PowerD only manages power at the mainboard and downstream component level, not what's upstream. A power supply will always take a certain amount of watts for itself even disconnected from the board. I would run PowerD at 'Adaptive' if I were you. It both upscales and downscales very quickly. 'Minimum' will lock it at the lowest CPU frequency, regardless of load, hurting performance. 7W is nothing, that's a single old-style Christmas tree bulb.
