Question Would my motherboard come with disabled power limits?

[RealJohnJohnson]

It is the Gigabyte Z790 Aurus Elite AX DDR5. I'm wondering if it is necessary to raise the power limits, or if it is already done for me by the manufacturer. If anyone has information about the motherboard, it would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

My entire build is an 13600k, RTX 4080, Corsair RM1000x, WD 1TB M.2, and 32GB of G.Skill DDR5 @ 6000mhz. I'm running on Windows 11 and the computer is for gaming and minor productivity.

Thanks!

 

[Ralston18]

Unless there is some known specific requirement to raise the power limits you should not need to do so.

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Include some additional information about your expectations and requirements for the computer/motherboard in question.

Or list out any specific problems that are occuring.

 

[TerryLaze]

Unless there is some known specific requirement to raise the power limits you should not need to do so.

Unless you are going to run heavy loads 24/7 there is also no reason to not raise them.
Normal software is not going to use that much power anyway and you are giving the CPU the best chances to boost as high as possible.

It is the Gigabyte Z790 Aurus Elite AX DDR5. I'm wondering if it is necessary to raise the power limits, or if it is already done for me by the manufacturer. If anyone has information about the motherboard, it would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

After you build your system run a stress test and monitor power draw with HWinfo if it draws more than the standard 253W it's unlimited.
But in general I agree with ralston, there isn't really a big difference unless there is a specific reason for it.

 

[RealJohnJohnson]

Unless there is some known specific requirement to raise the power limits you should not need to do so.

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Include some additional information about your expectations and requirements for the computer/motherboard in question.

Or list out any specific problems that are occuring.

Thanks! I've updated the post to include some more information. Everything is running fine on the computer as of right now, so it isn't to fix any problems. I've read online in some guides that it is simply recommended to make it unlimited.

Should I not worry about it?

 

[RealJohnJohnson]

Unless you are going to run heavy loads 24/7 there is also no reason to not raise them.
Normal software is not going to use that much power anyway and you are giving the CPU the best chances to boost as high as possible.


After you build your system run a stress test and monitor power draw with HWinfo if it draws more than the standard 253W it's unlimited.
But in general I agree with ralston, there isn't really a big difference unless there is a specific reason for it.

Thanks for the advice! What stress test might you recommend? Also, you're referring to the power draw of the CPU, right?

 

[Zerk2012]

Unless you are going to run heavy loads 24/7 there is also no reason to not raise them.
Normal software is not going to use that much power anyway and you are giving the CPU the best chances to boost as high as possible.


After you build your system run a stress test and monitor power draw with HWinfo if it draws more than the standard 253W it's unlimited.
But in general I agree with ralston, there isn't really a big difference unless there is a specific reason for it.

Thats a bit high without overclocking.

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[Zerk2012]

It is the Gigabyte Z790 Aurus Elite AX DDR5. I'm wondering if it is necessary to raise the power limits, or if it is already done for me by the manufacturer. If anyone has information about the motherboard, it would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

My entire build is an 13600k, RTX 4080, Corsair RM1000x, WD 1TB M.2, and 32GB of G.Skill DDR5 @ 6000mhz. I'm running on Windows 11 and the computer is for gaming and minor productivity.

Thanks!

It will probably be set to auto.

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[TerryLaze]

Thats a bit high without overclocking.

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Well he added the info about having the 13600 later, I was going for max for the platform that would be on the 13900k.
The 13600k would be 181W and anything above would be overclock/unlimited.

Thanks for the advice! What stress test might you recommend? Also, you're referring to the power draw of the CPU, right?

You can just run the heaviest thing that you will realistically run on that system.
Otherwise intels XTU (overclocking/tuning tool) has a stress test in it.
And searching on google will give you a lot of other options.

 

[RealJohnJohnson]

Well he added the info about having the 13600 later, I was going for max for the platform that would be on the 13900k.
The 13600k would be 181W and anything above would be overclock/unlimited.

You can just run the heaviest thing that you will realistically run on that system.
Otherwise intels XTU (overclocking/tuning tool) has a stress test in it.
And searching on google will give you a lot of other options.

Hey! I looked in CPU-Z and it says the TDP is 125. Would that mean the power limit is still active?

 

[TerryLaze]

Hey! I looked in CPU-Z and it says the TDP is 125. Would that mean the power limit is still active?

No the TDP is the base power, 181 is the turbo power, run hwinfo click on sensors only and scroll down to find CPU package power run something heavy and see how high the max goes.