10 must have apps...

hdmi · Nov 10, 2021

Dru2 said:
If we're talking desktop boards, I'm afraid you're wrong. You CAN set fan profiles in your BIOS that will keep fans at the speeds you set. That's fact as I've definitely done that on my Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Xtreme board. And that's not the only Gigabyte board featuring "Smart Fan"

But yes, there could be a potential cooling issue if the fans are run too low and not allowed to ramp up by temperature.

No, I was only referring to my own laptop (see my specs). For most of what I do the CPU barely even hits 60 degrees Celsius and stays around 33 when idle.

hdmi · Nov 10, 2021

TheMystic said:
Does that mean you are prepared to trade an increase in temperature to keep things silent? Don't think that is a good idea, unless it is done in very specific, rare situations.

No, there is no increase in temperature. Instead, there is a decrease in temperature, which causes the cooling fan to stay silent until I tell the tiger in "Tiger Lake" to jump out from the lake, use its turbo and start to roar loudly again.

Fortitude · Nov 10, 2021

PowerPro
LibreOffice
Firefox
Thunderbird
PotPlayer
Directory Opus
Plex
Comodo Internet Security
Vuescan
Sumatra PDF

10 apps is too short a list so here's another 10 :wink:

:

Macrium Reflect
Faststone Image Viewer
Keepass
Kleopatra
VeraCrypt
WinRAR
Bulk Rename Utility
GoodSync
Burnaware Premium
CopyQ

I could add a few more, but I'll desist.

P.S. Reading through this thread I saw how we are all similar, but with some differences that make us unique!

SIW2 · Nov 10, 2021

pecmd
dism++
wimlib
diskgenius
aomei part assist
clipdiary
notepad2
7zip
winiso
siv (Ray Hinchliffe)
paragon image mounter

hdmi · Nov 10, 2021

abactuon said:
You can simply limit the maximum CPU frequency to the value you want:

C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_PROCESSOR PROCFREQMAX 3300
C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT SUB_PROCESSOR PROCFREQMAX 1600

The maximum frequency values aren't useful.

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swarfega · Nov 10, 2021

Not in any order:

Edge
Spotify
Discord
Zoom
Teams
Terminal
Winget
OneNote
Your Phone
Office
7-zip
iCue
Samsung Magician
Foxit
Notepad++
MalwareBytes
SuperAntiSpyware
Wise Disc Cleaner

diggy33 · Nov 10, 2021

Generally these:

Macrium Reflect
TeamViewer
Revo Uninstaller Pro
Office 365 (particularly Outlook and OneNote)
Fedora Media Writer
Malwarebytes Pro
Spotify
O&O Shutup
SnagIt
Visual Studio Code

abactuon · Nov 10, 2021

hdmi said:
The maximum frequency values aren't useful.

Abstract Graph. In my case (i7-11370H) after exceeding the frequency of 4100 Mhz the temperature starts to increase exponentially. Turbo is 4,40 GHz for 4 cores, 4,80 GHz single core.

if PROCFREQMAX = 'Base Clock' then 'Disable Turbo'
and you don't need any other programs to disable Turbo.

Speed Shift is enabled by default on modern systems.

Dru2 · Nov 10, 2021

hdmi said:
No, I was only referring to my own laptop (see my specs). For most of what I do the CPU barely even hits 60 degrees Celsius and stays around 33 when idle.

Got it

Dru2 · Nov 10, 2021

TheMystic said:
What are the 10 or more must have (or your most favourite) apps/ softwares that you always install on your Windows system?

swarfega said:
Not in any order:

Edge
....

Isn't Edge part of the Window installation itself :wink:

:)

swarfega · Nov 10, 2021

Yes it is, people mentioned other browsers so I mentioned the one I use...

Dru2 · Nov 10, 2021

swarfega said:
Yes it is, people mentioned other browsers so I mentioned the one I use...

Yes, but remember, only Edge is part of the Windows (10/11) installations" process. Firefox and others aren't :)

:) Anyway, I was just having a bit of fun with your post. I mean no harm

hdmi · Nov 10, 2021

abactuon said:
Abstract Graph.

By posting the illustrational graph I was just trying to point out that, with a Tiger Lake CPU, the power consumption can attain ~50 watts (at least according to Intel) if Turbo Boost is set to enabled. Whereas my Core i5-1135G7 has a TDP of only 28 watts, so disabling Turbo Boost (only temporarily I mean...) really is the easiest way to get it to (also temporarily) stay silent. To re-enable Turbo Boost, all I have to do is check the checkbox in the main window of Throttlestop, which pops up the moment when I left-click on its tray icon.

abactuon said:
In my case (i7-11370H) after exceeding the frequency of 4100 Mhz the temperature starts to increase exponentially. Turbo is 4,40 GHz for 4 cores, 4,80 GHz single core.

if PROCFREQMAX = 'Base Clock' then 'Disable Turbo'
and you don't need any other programs to disable Turbo.

Speed Shift is enabled by default on modern systems.

I already know that Speed Shift is enabled by default, but I also already tried changing the Speed Shift EPP value in ThrottleStop to 255, which is the maximum that it can accept. It still didn't stop the cooling fan from spinning up and becoming audible, and, changing the settings like how you suggested doesn't do that either. Trust me, I already knew about these settings a long time before I had bought this laptop, which I bought for a shin at the end of last year. They [these settings] can also be changed like follows:

Code:

powercfg setdcvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PROCFREQMAX 2400
powercfg setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_processor PROCFREQMAX 2400
powercfg setactive scheme_current

swarfega · Nov 10, 2021

Dru2 said:
Yes, but remember, only Edge is part of the Windows (10/11) installations" process. Firefox and others aren't :)

:) Anyway, I was just having a bit of fun with your post. I mean no harm

I like Edge

Even use it on Linux.