Quote Originally Posted by some_one View Post
On the P55 you could set the power (wattage) and current (amperage) limits through software but for the UD6 at least this wasn't really necessary as Gig set the current reported to the CPU through hardware mod to somewhere around a fixed ~24A IIRC. This meant even if your OC'd board was pulling over 100A the CPU would still think it was only using 24A and under the TDC therefore not throttle. Also because the current measurement is part of the power measurement the TDP limit would not be tripped either.

So I guess now with the newer boards you now will have to set these limits to take advantage of TDP and TDC limiting, especially on the unlocked k series CPUs which use turbo bins as the unlocked multiplier.

TDP = Thermal Design Power
TDC = Thermal Design Current
I am sorry again, what are you talking about? you cannot set wattage or amperage you can only read them off HWmon or DES for P55 boards, what software lets you set those limits???

I get the second part it these systems are so that you can extend TDP and TDC. Sandybridge has the ability to go above its rated TDP for a small window of time(like 30 seconds), and motherboard manufacturers must have extended this window so that you are able to set upper limits so you can OC further, I wonder what the limits are.