On 3/8/21 8:15 AM, songbird wrote:
i can overclock this CPU if i want, but i won't but is there a way to limit the power draw from the booting options or command line once i've got it up and running?
This package provides tools for accessing CPU frequency and/or governors.
cpufrequtils
This machine has an Intel Core i7-2600S processor. These are the
settings after boot:
2021-03-08 13:24:29 root@tinkywinky ~
# cpufreq-info -p
1600000 3800000 powersave
I can change the maximum processor frequency:
2021-03-08 13:25:09 root@tinkywinky ~
# cpufreq-set -u 1600000
2021-03-08 13:25:45 root@tinkywinky ~
# cpufreq-info -p
1600000 1600000 powersave
If I then load all cores at 100%, the Xfce CPU Frequency Monitor applet
mostly indicates 1.60 GHz, with some bounces up to 1.72 GHz.
David