StrangeElement
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Love the machine so far. I've been waiting for a decent fanless low-end mini PC for years and this is it. Great price, too.
But I'm noticing that it doesn't boost. I changed the PL1-2 settings and can see them reflected in HWiNFO64 but the CPU package power level never goes above 8W, even though the default PL2 is 12W. Is there anything I'm overlooking here? The description says it can boost to 25-27W on default settings but it doesn't seems to boost at all.
I know that software report of power level isn't the same as testing with a plugged device, but I don't notice any difference in performance, no boosting, and have done the same change with a Quieter4C where I did see the power levels follow the PL1-2 overrides in the BIOS and the performance boost.
Temperature is definitely fine, haven't seen any above 67C so the cooling can definitely handle boosting.
Edit/correction: goes up to 10W.
But I'm noticing that it doesn't boost. I changed the PL1-2 settings and can see them reflected in HWiNFO64 but the CPU package power level never goes above 8W, even though the default PL2 is 12W. Is there anything I'm overlooking here? The description says it can boost to 25-27W on default settings but it doesn't seems to boost at all.
I know that software report of power level isn't the same as testing with a plugged device, but I don't notice any difference in performance, no boosting, and have done the same change with a Quieter4C where I did see the power levels follow the PL1-2 overrides in the BIOS and the performance boost.
Temperature is definitely fine, haven't seen any above 67C so the cooling can definitely handle boosting.
Edit/correction: goes up to 10W.
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