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Just a quick question, how much does enabling all 8 of the cores on my i7 8th gen in my laptop effect my battery life.

 

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1 minute ago, Plappey said:

Just a quick question, how much does enabling all 8 of the cores on my i7 8th gen in my laptop effect my battery life.

You cannot enable cores on a 4-core CPU to make it an 8-core CPU. The Core i7-8565U that is in your laptop has 4 cores and 8 threads and that is all it will ever have.

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Why?

If it doesn't need to use them all, it won't. No need to burn electricity for no reason.

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17 minutes ago, Plappey said:

Just a quick question, how much does enabling all 8 of the cores on my i7 8th gen in my laptop effect my battery life.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Spin-Touchscreen-Quad-Core-i7-8565U/dp/B08QZ44DGR/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1

 

there is the laptop if you want to take a look

oh and the laptop is brand new

Typically disabling cores will reduce battery life as the remaining cores have to work harder and longer to accomplish the same tasks.

If you want better battery life, start by disabling background tasks

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