TDP specifications for Pentium G4600 are not available.
TDP specifications for Pentium G4600 are not available.
Hi, your observation is interesting. The Kaby Lake Pentium G4600 typically draws around 18W under stress tests like prime95, which matches what you saw. The CPU usage hitting 100% with a 3600Mhz clock speed is also within normal ranges for such workloads. When running furmark on the same board, power consumption only increased slightly to 21W, which is quite low for that level of stress. Using an Arctic Freezer 34 cooler kept temperatures at a comfortable 41°C, indicating good thermal management. This behavior doesn’t seem out of the ordinary for this configuration and workload. It’s possible the system is handling the load efficiently, or there might be minor variations in real-time measurements. If you haven’t touched Intel hardware recently, it’s worth noting that performance can vary between builds. Let me know if you’d like more details!
Aligns well with my knowledge of Pentium processors. Lower-end chips usually don’t reach the TDP because they simply lack sufficient power output.
Thanks for your feedback! It’s great that you’re considering power efficiency, but the specs might be a bit tight for your setup. I understand the budget and the goal, but running on such low power settings could limit performance. Let me know if you’d like help optimizing or choosing alternatives.
It should be enough for a new start-up. You don’t require a lot of processing power to run a basic NAS.
Perhaps the RAM isn't necessary but I managed to get it for a low price. It's mostly my photos and videos. Because my wife had many photo sessions in the past year and I began doing more myself, we faced some storage problems with all the RAW files.