The Intel 285K CPU in my high-end 2025 Linux PC died again! 😡 Notably, this was the replacement CPU for the original 285K that died in March, and after reading through the reviews of Intel CPUs on my electronics store of choice, many of which (!) mention CPU replacements, I am getting the impression that Intel’s current CPUs just are not stable 😞. Therefore, I am giving up on Intel for the coming years and have bought an AMD Ryzen 9950X3D CPU instead.
My AM4 box draws 0 watts on idle. I turn it off when I don’t use it
Like turn off the PSU switch? Computers can draw more than you think when they’re “off”, but the PSU switch should shut out the whole thing.
Ahh yes idle=not using computer and using computer=100% cpu usage. There is no such thing as “reading a pdf document” or “surfing the web”.
Browsing the web is not idle
Enlighten me! When is a cpu idleing?