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Similar situation, I have a a 13900K, so I had to get PL to avoid using E-Cores in games as setting affinity by hand was PITA. They released free CoreDirector later, for that purpose. I got the 5 PC license so I use it on all my PCs to control unwated processes.Yeah, I use PL Pro on my main system, as I have to (which is why I bought it), lol. Having an X3D CPU, it's a 'must', to be able to set the cores as I wish, but once set for each instance, I have it close, which leaves only 2 processes running, (Engine & Agent), very light, but great for 'killing' anything nasty also
PL's resource usage is minimal indeed, but I guess when you're trying to squeeze out every bit of performance then everything counts.
You can reduce resource usage on older hardware by doing a custom build with NTLite. You can get good results with post-install utilities too, but nothing goes as deep and gives you as much control as NTLIte.
However, don't expect miracles. I've just moved my old Dell Latitude 5285 2-in-1 back to Windows 10, because even the most stripped down Windows 11 build was too laggy on it. I did a custom Windows 10 built with NTLite, of course, and damn, it flies compared to Windows 11, responsivness is on par with Linux. What a shame, it must be the UI in Windows 11 that drags it down so much. Anyway, I digress...
To be honest though, the main reason I use NTLIte is to remove things that I find intrusive or that simply annoy me.