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Solved Very high power usage in task manager

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Zmaić Andrej

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Hello, recently noticed that my PSU fan got a lot louder and I got concerned, opened task manager and found out that a lot of basic programs that earlier were using very low energy are now using too much.

After I encountered that power use spikers, I went and upgraded my pc, put a new motherboard (Asus tuf b550m plus wifi 2) put in a new processor(ryzen 5 5600), and got a new PSU(cougar gex 850w).PSU that I got is a big overkill since I calculated in pcpartpicker that my pc will use around 450w.

I went and reinstalled windows (keeping only my files) thinking it would fix the problem but i had no luck.

Has anyone experienced this type of a problem and knows how to fix it, please tell me.
 
These two logs will help others assist you.

Speccy Scan.
  • Please go here and download Speccy.
  • Install and run the program.
  • Upon Completion:
  • Hit File
  • Publish Snap Shot
  • A link will appear, post that link.

Get System Info Log.


Include in your next reply a Get System Info log.
Save it to your desktop when complete.
Once you have the file on your desktop, then upload it here, and Here.
Copy the URL after your report is loaded.
Then send us the link.





I'll tag you some help after the logs are posted, then these people may chime in and offer some suggestion.


@Pyro @Bruce @PeterOz
 
@Malnutrition Do i need to include windows event logs?
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Exactly what PSU do you have?

I see you reinstalled Windows, did you install all of your drivers (starting with the mobo chipset) before connecting your device to the internet?
 
what is the problem still - a loud PSU fan or the task manager high power usage of some programs?
what programs are we talking about? can you show a screenshot?

do you still get the high power spikes when logged into Safe Mode or when using another account to log in with?
 
I enabled safe mode with networking and after opening few tabs on google i can hear the psu fan spin faster so i think it still has "high power usage"went into task manager but cant enable the option called energy use
 
Does your PSU have a hybrid switch at the back? These can silence fans until they meet a certain temperature threshold.


I've never heard of a GPU 'leaking' electricity other than the few I have seen explode, it is used for graphics processing, which is not exclusive to running video games.


Let's get some more information:

Download and run speccy.

Once you have ran speccy, follow the instructions to upload a snapshot found here.


To publish a Speccy profile to the Web:

  1. In Speccy, click File, and then click Publish Snapshot.
  2. In the Publish Snapshot dialog box, click Yes to enable Speccy to proceed.
  3. Speccy publishes the profile and displays a second Publish Snapshot dialog box. You can open the URL in your default browser, copy it to the clipboard, or close the dialog box.
 
This install of Windows was installed recently, did you have this issue immediately? Did anything change between the install of Windows and when the issue started?

Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Computer type: Desktop
Installation Date: 24.1.2023. 1:36:36
 
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