AMD Ryzen™ Efficient Community Plan

Caydran

Caydran
I found this Ryzen Efficient Community Power Plan floating around after looking for ways to drop my CPU idle temps.

The official Ryzen Power Plans do little for CPU idle temps or power usage.

You might give this one a try. For my R9-3900X, it dropped the CPU idle temps by 17C, from 55C to 38C, without any apparent drop in performance and silenced my fans.

Download Link

Unzip and run the "install.bat" file to add the power plan to windows. Then select "AMD Ryzen™ Efficient Community Plan" from your power plan choices.

Please don't shoot the messenger, it's not my work. It is impressive enough I thought I would pass it along.

Fly safe.
 
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Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
Which CPU cooler are you using?
I have a dual fan Zalman cooler and idle on my 3900x sits around 30c (room temp 23c) on idle.

Edit: Typo on CPU
 
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yianniv

yianniv
I installed it. I'll let it run and see how it goes. I've got a 1500X Ryzen, so I don't expect to see a lot of difference.
Thanks for uploading the link.
 

Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
yianniv said:
If you were asking me, it's the stock cooler for my 1500X. My cpu sits at around 44c, but being in Greece, the ambient room temperature is 33c
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It was aimed at the OP, although your own reply is equally welcome!
I gave up on the stock cooler (Wraith Prism) on the newer AMD CPUs as they do run hotter than I'd like (even in the UK, with much lower indoor temperatures than the warmer bits of the world) and the fan noise is annoying!

If your PC has space for bigger coolers with 120-140mm fans both temperature and noise levels can be improved. I prefer water cooling but since my 9 years old pump died the replacements so far have been very noisy in comparison, so still seeking a pump with reasonable flow & little noise!
 

GroG79

G
Likely allows the CPU to drop clocks. Will yield a huge difference if you were running 'performance settings' before.

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At least for the 5000 series AMD recommend using the standard windows power plan:

Re: Missing power plans on AMD Ryzen 5000 series

Ryzen 5000 series CPUs do not require a special Ryzen Power Profile, so it is not installed with Chipset driver package. Please use the Windows Balanced Power Profile for these procesors. Previous generation Ryzen processors will continue to use the Ryzen Balanced Power Profile for optimal...
community.amd.com community.amd.com

"Ryzen 5000 series CPUs do not require a special Ryzen Power Profile, so it is not installed with Chipset driver package. Please use the Windows Balanced Power Profile for these procesors. Previous generation Ryzen processors will continue to use the Ryzen Balanced Power Profile for optimal performance and this is included in the Chipset driver package.

Starting with AMD Chipset Driver 02.10.13.408, the processor power can be adjusted via Performance and Energy slider on systems running Windows 10 2004 and later."
 

Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
ubermick said:
Good lord. My 5900X sits at about 36c idle with a Corsair H100c - in a case with nine fans!
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What is your ambient temperature?
If I liquid cool my CPU it will sit at a few degrees above ambient - but I do have a huge box of a case (https://uk.thermaltake.com/core-x5.html) so can fit a large radiator surface and reservoir of coolant.
Any just seen my typo! 3900x not 5900x is mine - when I wanted to upgrade the 5900 was preferred, but unavailable!
Current cooler: https://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/p/...z8jX5o68NcLztB_vcL1dKbX9LQJwzhAxoCoG4QAvD_BwE

But the 2*140mm fans are replaced with Noctua 140mm fans as they are nicely quiet!
 

GroG79

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36c is not bad. It really depends on a lot of factors. Do not just compare stats like this. I have a very silent running profile. So my temps are higher on average.

Your Ryzen will throttle around 92c. So make sure you do not reach that high. My cpu gets to around 86 degree if I block the cooling fan. It keeps the temps below 72c if I do not block the cpu fan using very little rpm/noise. So this system can run much cooler @ the price of increase noise
 
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ubermick

ubermick
Rat Catcher said:
What is your ambient temperature?
If I liquid cool my CPU it will sit at a few degrees above ambient - but I do have a huge box of a case (https://uk.thermaltake.com/core-x5.html) so can fit a large radiator surface and reservoir of coolant.
Any just seen my typo! 3900x not 5900x is mine - when I wanted to upgrade the 5900 was preferred, but unavailable!
Current cooler: https://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/p/...z8jX5o68NcLztB_vcL1dKbX9LQJwzhAxoCoG4QAvD_BwE

But the 2*140mm fans are replaced with Noctua 140mm fans as they are nicely quiet!
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Ahhh, that makes more sense. My ambient in the office is about 23 as well (sometimes it ticks up a degree or two when the sun is blasting) but the 5900X is a notoriously toasty runner. Prior to it I had a 3800X (that in hindsight I had zero reason to upgrade) that never got above 30 at idle, and rarely over 50 under load.
 

Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
ubermick said:
Ahhh, that makes more sense. My ambient in the office is about 23 as well (sometimes it ticks up a degree or two when the sun is blasting) but the 5900X is a notoriously toasty runner. Prior to it I had a 3800X (that in hindsight I had zero reason to upgrade) that never got above 30 at idle, and rarely over 50 under load.
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That is a useful bit of info! Do they run cooler if delidded and better thermal transfer compound replacing stock?
 

Caydran

Caydran
Rat Catcher said:
Which CPU cooler are you using?
I have a dual fan Zalman cooler and idle on my 3900x sits around 30c (room temp 23c) on idle.

Edit: Typo on CPU
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I thought I mentioned a R9-3900X, Sorry, my mistake.

For me, the drop in idle temps was significant. EDO used to push my CPU to +65c. Fans were quite noisy.

Now it never goes beyond 47c.

Yes, there are many other Power Plans available. This one is a take on the "1USMUS" which can be found on Guru-3D.

Enjoy.
 
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Rat Catcher

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Paul Eddington said:
I thought I mentioned a 3900x.

AMD R9-3900x.

For me, the drop in idle temps was significant. EDO used to push my CPU to +65c.

Now it never goes beyond 47c.

Yes, there are many other Power Plans available. This one is a take on the "1USMUS" which can be found on Guru-3D.

Enjoy.
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So you are on the stock cooler (Wraith Prism) rather than a 3rd party one? I had the stock cooler on for as long as it took to get a replacement shipped as both temperature and noise were, in my opinion, excessive.

The power plan looks to be useful though, nice post!
 

Mineria

Mineria
GroG79 said:
At least for the 5000 series AMD recommend using the standard windows power plan:

Re: Missing power plans on AMD Ryzen 5000 series

Ryzen 5000 series CPUs do not require a special Ryzen Power Profile, so it is not installed with Chipset driver package. Please use the Windows Balanced Power Profile for these procesors. Previous generation Ryzen processors will continue to use the Ryzen Balanced Power Profile for optimal...
community.amd.com community.amd.com

"Ryzen 5000 series CPUs do not require a special Ryzen Power Profile, so it is not installed with Chipset driver package. Please use the Windows Balanced Power Profile for these procesors. Previous generation Ryzen processors will continue to use the Ryzen Balanced Power Profile for optimal performance and this is included in the Chipset driver package.

Starting with AMD Chipset Driver 02.10.13.408, the processor power can be adjusted via Performance and Energy slider on systems running Windows 10 2004 and later."
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What ever AMD recommends the MS power plans are not tailored for the 5000 series.

 

GroG79

G
You do you...

"Ryzen 5000 series CPUs do not require a special Ryzen Power Profile, so it is not installed with Chipset driver package. Please use the Windows Balanced Power Profile for these procesors. Previous generation Ryzen processors will continue to use the Ryzen Balanced Power Profile for optimal performance and this is included in the Chipset driver package."
 
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