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Browser Constantly running at very high power, fans screaming
Howdy! Not sure of the best subforum for this one, so figured I'd start here. Running Windows 10 22H2, latest build 19045.4046. Simplest post is: Edge, Firefox, for "reasons" are causing my CPU fan to scream, and in task manager, it's showing High or Very High power usage, always the culprit. I don't know exactly why, hence why I am here. Even if I knew, I don't know what to "fix". Other reasons for fans running, CPU temp, background programs and services, there really isn't much to speak of. If all I do is boot and then run a browser, I get the same issue.
Just repasted the CPU this week, and while it did drop my tempt by 3'c on average, temps are below 60'c at peak, usually running below 50, and probably lower when only web browsing. This problem has been here for a while, but seems worse of late.
It all seems artificial, this power draw, and I simply don't know what to do about it. At the same time, it's driving me crazy, the fans constantly spinning up when simply web browsing. Video streaming surely gets the most immediate response, yet that really shouldn't be a thing. My system, though a bit older, is still a beast for simple tasks, and I have 32g ddr4 running on the system with never a load exceeding even half system resources.
The system is a Dell Inspiron 5675 desktop, running AMD Ryzen 7 1800x CPU and RX580 GPU. GPU seems to be just fine, and my system, performance wise, rarely lags at all.
If I could cause the system to never "note" a power usage great than "moderate" for browsing, I think all would be great. The question is, can this be accomplished?
The second though I have is to adjust the fan speed, yet each app I try to even view the fan speed (Speed Fan and HWInfo64), neither shows the CPU fan at all. Only GPU and at times some ancillary fans.
So, thoughts, help, suggestions would all be so welcome, and I really do thank you in advance for taking the time to read, and hopefully suggest a solution. Take care!
Dave