Originally posted by holunder
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I've got Linux on a 1700X running in a x370 board with six HDDS, two SSDs and a M.2 NVMe drive and it idles at 55W, measured by the UPS.
If your Linux is running hotter than Windows is, maybe you've got a driver or such that is reclocking your hardware. Or maybe the Windows drivers are doing something with the PCIe clocks, because I've read that PCIe Gen 4 does run a lot hotter than Gen3. I haven't noticed that on my 3900X system since it's got a Vega 56, so no Gen4.
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