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* speaking of APM, that's also [https://www.overclock.net/forum/10-amd-cpus/1328938-what-core-c6-state-exactly.html#post24500096 '''''necessary''''' condition] for turbo boost states (that are in turn a [https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/536khk/oced_the_athlon_x4_845_to_40ghz/ godsend] for non-K-unlocked models). Unless ''sure'' it's holding the processor back (or overclocking some [https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/amd-fx-8150-processor-review,8.html plutonium core]) it's very much [https://superuser.com/questions/1226526/is-it-preferable-to-disable-apm-or-to-enable-load-line-calibration-for-overcloc better off] enabled.  
 
* speaking of APM, that's also [https://www.overclock.net/forum/10-amd-cpus/1328938-what-core-c6-state-exactly.html#post24500096 '''''necessary''''' condition] for turbo boost states (that are in turn a [https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/536khk/oced_the_athlon_x4_845_to_40ghz/ godsend] for non-K-unlocked models). Unless ''sure'' it's holding the processor back (or overclocking some [https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/amd-fx-8150-processor-review,8.html plutonium core]) it's very much [https://superuser.com/questions/1226526/is-it-preferable-to-disable-apm-or-to-enable-load-line-calibration-for-overcloc better off] enabled.  
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* 2014 core designs were somewhat of a backstage [https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/new-zen-microarchitecture-details.2465645/page-35 trainwreck], on the other hand their power management started to rely more and more on the SMU. Nothing of interest in the HEDT market, but on laptops it introduced a buttload of [https://www.overclock.net/threads/carrizo-fx-8800p-a10-8700p-info-and-optimizations.1573937/page-2#post-24437135 hidden] [https://www.overclock.net/threads/jagatreview-hands-on-amd-fx-8800p-carrizo.1560230/page-22#post-24306130 interesting] variables.
  
 
* I couldn't find [https://www.overclock.net/forum/78-pc-gaming/1487105-want-higher-fps-what-timer-do-you-use-2.html#post26423128 anybody] on the net [https://www.anandtech.com/show/12678/a-timely-discovery-examining-amd-2nd-gen-ryzen-results/4 seriously] reporting that forcing HPET helped them save for touching BCLK [http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/must-read-setfsb-o-c-game-problems-fixed.569893/ live] or under [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314074421/https://www.ocaholic.ch/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=1071&lang=english W8](+?). Still for some reason [https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/another-look-at-hpet-high-precision-event-timer.368604/page-42 something] in the AMD drivers always does/did that.  
 
* I couldn't find [https://www.overclock.net/forum/78-pc-gaming/1487105-want-higher-fps-what-timer-do-you-use-2.html#post26423128 anybody] on the net [https://www.anandtech.com/show/12678/a-timely-discovery-examining-amd-2nd-gen-ryzen-results/4 seriously] reporting that forcing HPET helped them save for touching BCLK [http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/must-read-setfsb-o-c-game-problems-fixed.569893/ live] or under [https://web.archive.org/web/20160314074421/https://www.ocaholic.ch/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=1071&lang=english W8](+?). Still for some reason [https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/another-look-at-hpet-high-precision-event-timer.368604/page-42 something] in the AMD drivers always does/did that.