Other apps, mainly Chrome Very Slow after new build

[exeter_acres]

I've searched but not finding something like this.... Recently upgraded my computer from a Gen 6 CPU to an I7-13700K
F@H has been running 24/7 for literally years with no issues... but after the upgrade to a much more powerful system....
If I just try to use Chrome, or several other apps....
Everything slows to a crawl.. to unusable...
I get the Chrome, "This page is not responding" popup, etc. etc.. pages don't load...
But as soon as I pause F@H everything works perfectly....
I have the slots set to -1 and it looks like F@H uses 8 of the 16 cores.... I have read up and understand why that is with the newer Intel gen cpus....
so 8 cores are at 100% while 8 cores are at 0% or just bouncing a bit at low percents.
I understand that with P cores and E cores...

But mainly why would things be creeping now with the new setup when they ran great with a much less powerful setup?

Thank for any guidance


Core i7-13700k
Gigabyte z790 Auros Elite X AX Board
32GB DDR5 ram
AMD RX6800 card

[exeter_acres]

No one?
Well. for now, I have gone into the advanced control and changed the slots to 6...
Seems to work and Chrome and other apps are usable... sadly it slows down the WU a bit though..

Anyone else?

[toTOW]

Welcome to the wonderful world of big.LITTLE CPUs ... which are handled terribly by Windows scheduler.

If you want to keep folding on the CPU efficiently, here's what to do :
- in FAH advanced control, set the number of threads of the CPU slot to match with the number of P core your CPU has.
- use Process Lasso to create an automatic rule on CPU Fahcores (a8 and a9) that will park these processes to P cores only.

[exeter_acres]

Thanks for the info
Seems to be working for now... thanks