After buying Intel NUC as homelab server I found, that I want to keep it as cold as possible, while I don’t have any highloads. Most logical step, as for me - disable Intel Turbo Boost technology.

TLDR

Checking possibility to disable it

echo "1" | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo

Save parameters for future

echo 'w /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo - - - - 1' | sudo tee /etc/tmpfiles.d/noturbo.conf

Points

  • Of course, you can disable it in BIOS settings
  • There is a lot of other tools, which can help with it, but for me it’s enough

That’s all.

  1. man - tmpfiles.d
  2. github - erpalma/throttled
  3. reddit - Disable intel turbo - Patch in /sys/devices/system/cpu/