Which Windows Power Plan do you use?

Just curious, which Windows Power Plan gets used the most and why.

I start with High Performance then change the Power button to Shut down and change display to Never turn off, so I guess that means Custom for me.

 

I start with High Performance, then disable monitor shutdown, then disable disk (HD) shutdown every 20 minutes.

 

I use High Performance mode and then configure it so that closing the lid does nothing when my laptop is plugged in.

 

Same, except I use Balanced.

 

I start from High Performance, and then customize it from there. So Custom for me.

 

Should You Use the
Balanced,
Power Saver,
or High Performance
Power Plan on Windows?

(by HTG)

 

That's interesting. On my older laptop I found changing the power plan to Balanced, then changing the machine to not sleep makes the CPU run at about 3 to 5 degrees C cooler according to Speccy. Strangely though, on my other laptop doing the same increases the CPU temp a few degrees and putting it back to High Performance lowers it again. Stuffed if I know why!

Edit: That is after leaving both machines idle for an extended time, not during high CPU usage.