AMD Ryzen 3 1300X Quad-Core CPU Review

Power Consumption and Temperatures

Power Consumption

This plucky little quad-core has much more to offer in terms of performance than I was expecting. What’s even more interesting is that it can do it by sipping so little power. It uses less than the 90w even at load. Of course, it’s less than that, but we’ve got some system overhead on there too.

Stock

Overclocked

Overclocking didn’t push it up too much either, still under 100W while stressing the CPU.

Temperatures

Low power consumption easily ties to the next test – temperatures. This chip is as cool as ice, and our Noctua NH-D15 made easy work of it. Even overclocking barely made a difference, and this may be one of those CPUs where the stock cooler is actually the best option. No point spending big money on cooling a budget chip.

Stock

Overclocked