Hello, I’m planning on getting a new mid-high end PC in the near future. It’s been like 8 years since my last PC, and I’m planning on getting the 14600k, but I’m still unsure. So I need some advice.

I use my computer every single day at the very least 12 hours a day. My daily usage would be browsing, watching videos (Youtube & downloaded movies), daytrade, data entry (MS office), writing, Photoshop, and other various low workload activities.

I usually only play video games on the weekend, so I need to get a rig that’s mostly use for basic daily activities, but powerful enough for smooth gaming when I need it to.

The thing is, there’s a bit of z6xx boards scarcity, so the price is a bit skewed, and b/z7xx is really expensive on where I live. And I really need a mid-high end boards because I requires the ports and the storage slots, so I can’t really skimp out on this one. I was considering in getting a 7800x3d since apparently the cost difference of the 7800x3d + board is just slightly a bit more expensive than 14600k + motherboard, so I’m just thinking about the long run now since apparently amd has idle/low consumption issues.

What I wanted to know is that, what is the average power consumption for basic daily activities? The power bill on my country is quite high, so I want to try minimalize the monthly cost as possible. I heard that Intel is incredibly efficient during idles, but what about using it for workload like above? Does that still apply? Can anyone that uses this chip share their experience?

Also I’m aware that I’m posting this on Intel because I’ve always been using the blue chips, but I hope you people can keep the bias to minimum because I really could use the unbiased advice.

  • StarbeamIIB
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    1 year ago

    Not a 13600K exactly, but my system with a 13700K idles around 65W (measured from the wall with a Kill-A-Watt).

    System specs:

    • 13700K, power limited (PL1/PL2) to 165W
    • MSI Z690-A PRO DDR5 Wi-Fi, C-states and other power saving features turned on
    • Balanced power plan in Windows
    • RTX 2070 Super
    • 2 monitors - 1 27" 1440p 120Hz monitor plugged into the RTX 2070 Super, and the other a 27" 1440p 60Hz monitor plugged into the motherboard (I’ve heard this setup reduces idle consumption compared to plugging both into the RTX 2070, but I haven’t done a comparison)
    • Corsair RM650x power supply
    • 5 Arctic P12 A-RGB fans set to a dim green
  • LitanyOfContactMikeB
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    1 year ago

    13600K on an Asrock z690m itx with a Corsair SF750 and AMD 6800XT.

    Idle power draw bounces between 3.5 and 6 watts.

    With a YouTube video open it’s sitting around 9 to 11 watts.

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    1 year ago

    My 13600k idle power usage was very low. Like less than 10w sometimes.

  • M_A_D_RB
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    1 year ago

    13600k & 14600k owners, what is your idle and/or low workload power consumption?

    i undervolted my 13600k,. without performance loss,.
    idle power - 2.5watts ;
    few chrome (currently using) - 4-10watts ;
    max powerdraw in cbr23 - 125-128watts (from ~180watts);
    low workload (10 chrome tab+ background download+ watching movie+ recording+ spotify -20 min avg https://imgur.com/a/GFVmZ9i 22watts) - 22watts

    some gaming- mostly below 50watts,.
    https://imgur.com/a/KGMtTjO ; https://imgur.com/a/RytZQSQ ; https://imgur.com/a/uZIv3RS

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    1 year ago

    Undervolted 14700k here. Idle in single digits. most acoustic intensive games I see peaks of 120, with 80 to 90 in average

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    1 year ago

    Not at home currently to confirm my numbers, but my heavily overclocked 13600kf is only using roughly 20-50W doing light workload such as those you described. Full stress it’ll hit 215W