high power usage

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    Question High Power Usage in Task Manager - PC / Tabs / Windows keep freezing occasionally

    Hey there, I have been having some issues today with my PC. Whenever I open a new app, such as Google Chrome (Yes, I know, bad browser) or Discord, etc., it will slow my PC immensely for a few seconds, and then resume as usual. When checking the Task-Manager, one or the other app is always on...
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    [SOLVED] Explorer.exe High Power Usage

    I've been scratching my head with this one - my PC runs noticeably warmer; I open up Task Manager and see my explorer.exe using 10%+ and shows "Very high power usage" (red alert). This coincides with another issue I have - and that is, whenever this happens, every time I create a file (i.e. from...
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    [SOLVED] Relatively high CPU and power usage by System at idle

    Hello everyone, My PC is equipped with 10400f with Windows 10 Pro (21H1 and OS Build: 19043.1081) and recently I noticed that when at idle I have a relatively high CPU and power usage by System. Checked for Windows updates but everything is up-to-date. Also scanned for hardware changes in the...
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    Question When dragging program files, GPU locks at 100% and screen stutters

    As you can see in the video, whenever I drag something on Camtasia (Although this happens with other programs such as Photoshop), the GPU usage goes through the roof and the screen starts to freeze. My specs are intel i7, 16 GB RAM and gtx 1060 so I should be able to do this no problem. Also...