Question "Very High" power usage and Power Usage Trend

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Recently (last few weeks) I've noticed a significant performance lag going on with my machine and every time I've checked Task Manager, I'm shown that a few processes are constantly showing "Very High" for both Power usage and Power Usage Trend.

Does anyone know what might be causing this or am I being silly for even paying any attention to these columns since I don't recall ever having them pre-windows 10.

I've also included a CPUZ dump to help better understand where I'm starting at.

I'm willing to run any suggested tests to try and start resolving this performance lag...

Performance issues that are driving me crazy the most are related to clipboard tasks inside my designing software.

not related to power but: I have been getting Clipboard failure alerts inside Corel and Photoshop explaining that the the operation failed when trying to copy/paste.
I believe this issue is memory related but I don't understand how that could be the case either, considering my computers specs...

I'd be real thankful for any suggestions!

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Ralston18 said:
Make and model PSU, wattage, age, condition?
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I've only had this build up and running for less than 10 months. All new parts from the beginning and after for a while, it doesn't look like the PSU would really have any relation to the performance lag.
 
The PSU is critical to system performance. If the PSU is unable, even momentarily, provide the proper voltage(s) on one or more rails then performance will suffer.

An underpowered or marginally functional PSU (i.e., just at some threshold limit) could well be the problem.

And "new" components can and do fail.

If you feel that the problem is not hardware related per se, then consider uninstalling and reinstalling the apps involved. Starting with Chrome.

And then one-by-one thereafter. See if performance improves or changes.
 
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Ralston18 said:
The PSU is critical to system performance. If the PSU is unable, even momentarily, provide the proper voltage(s) on one or more rails then performance will suffer.

An underpowered or marginally functional PSU (i.e., just at some threshold limit) could well be the problem.

And "new" components can and do fail.

If you feel that the problem is not hardware related per se, then consider uninstalling and reinstalling the apps involved. Starting with Chrome.

And then one-by-one thereafter. See if performance improves or changes.
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I will have to educate myself better on this then and start working to find out what PSU I have in this machine.

I suppose there's a good chance that it is at least part of the issue then because I focused on only the specs that I thought mattered for my business' needs but I can honestly say that I paid no attention to what PSU I ordered to put into this..

Thank you for your help and if I find anything new out, I'll report back.

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Do you happen to have a suggested PSU that would properly handle the specs already in place?
 
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And after using a calculator on my PCs current specs, it looks like I need just under 600w to handle everything properly.

So I feel like you are on to something with it possibly being the PSU tapering out on wattage it can supply.
 
Your best bet is to take your average-to-high calculated power requirements, and multiply that by anywhere from 1.8 to 2, round that up to the nearest even 100, and select a power supply having a rating that is at an increment of 50W above the even 100.

So, if you calculate 345W for a PSU, your multiplication would yield a range of 621W to 690W. Round that to 700W and add 50 to it. You'd be shopping for a high-quality 750W PSU.
 
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AllanGH said:
Your best bet is to take your average-to-high calculated power requirements, and multiply that by anywhere from 1.8 to 2, round that up to the nearest even 100, and select a power supply having a rating that is at an increment of 50W above the even 100.

So, if you calculate 345W for a PSU, your multiplication would yield a range of 621W to 690W. Round that to 700W and add 50 to it. You'd be shopping for a high-quality 750W PSU.
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yep, every good engineer does this kind of safety thing I should hope. and I go a minimum of 100W over worst case. i can't wait to rebuild my LianLi case with all new Ryzen 2 parts and such and put a monster psu in it for that monster video card... lol
 
AllanGH said:
It's hard to break my old engineering habits: Take requirements and double them, then design for that.

You never go wrong with that kind philosophy, and your designs last a long-ass time. 😉
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me too, i do it with my software i develop too. i concur with your statements. my stuff leaves me and goes out and lives in the field and works for many years and I never see my children again, unless they need more stuff. it's basically Scotty's philosophy in Star Trek which I picked it up from as a wee lad.. LOL
 
LOL, I was a C guy for the most part.. now it's all .NET LOL

kernahan and ritchie C was my bible, but I wrote portable, modular code. my software was used for decades to build automation lines for car mfg... those were good times.
 
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