I dunno about Linux, but on Windows I used to use something called K10stat to manually undervolt cores with no access to such via the BIOS. The difference was night and day dramatic, as they idled ridiculously fast and AMD left a ton of voltage headroom back then.
I bet there’s some Linux software to do it. Look up if anyone used voltage control software for desktop Phenom IIs and such.
I dunno about Linux, but on Windows I used to use something called K10stat to manually undervolt cores with no access to such via the BIOS. The difference was night and day dramatic, as they idled ridiculously fast and AMD left a ton of voltage headroom back then.
I bet there’s some Linux software to do it. Look up if anyone used voltage control software for desktop Phenom IIs and such.