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Thanks again, Gunnarre. Unfortunately there are no settings in the BIOS for C-cstates, in fact, there are very few options at all, mostly just disk stuff. Can't even disable on-board sound if I wanted to. I had originally posted this in a couple overclocking and benchmarking subreddits, but there do...

Hey MeeLee, Thanks for taking the time to reply. I think you may have missed why I'm asking for this. My laptop emits coil whine (chirping) when CPU is at low utilisation as it is put into a low power state. If I were to underclock my system, I would be affecting everything, at which point I could j...

Okay, thanks Jimbo. I was hoping there would be a setting I could apply to set a specific limit.

I tried Afterburner on your suggestion, but couldn't find any CPU-related controls, only GPU stuff.

Thanks again!

Hey Gunnarre, thanks so much for your reply. CPU is Intel i7-10750H @ 2.6GHz (hex-core, hyperthreaded). To tell you the full story, I have a new ASUS laptop and there's a lot of coil whine ('chirping' noises) coming from the CPU when load is low. When the CPU is above about 15%, it's completely sile...

Thanks Jimbo. I had changed it from -1 to 1, but it's still using a lot of CPU, enough to get the fans moving.

Hey team,
Can someone tell me how to configure F@H on Windows to use a specific maximum amount of CPU, please?
I'm looking for a way to keep my CPU at a minimum utilisation level at all times and figured that F@H would be an ethical way to achieve that.

Thank you in advance,
Dax.