• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

Info About SSC???

ccleorina

New Member
Joined
Mar 9, 2007
Messages
195 (0.03/day)
Location
Overclocking Hell
Processor Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition 965 4.2GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EX58-EXTREME Intel X58
Cooling Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 120mm SSO CPU Cooler
Memory G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 2000Mhz
Video Card(s) 2 XFX GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3 SLI
Storage 2 WD VelociRaptor 300GB RAID0 + WD GP 2TB Data
Display(s) 2 Samsung 30W" LCD 6ms
Case Thermaltake SwordM Black Liquid Cooling Case
Audio Device(s) Creative Falat1ty X-Fi
Power Supply Ultra X3 1600W Modular PSU
Software Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit SP1 OEM
Hai... I have a 750G of WD Hard Drive... I read the front part of the HDD and it say "Jumpered pin 1 and 2 enable SSC (Spread Spectrum Clocking)" What is SSC (Spread Spectrum Clocking)? Do i need to Enable it.....:confused:
 
Joined
Feb 12, 2007
Messages
1,192 (0.19/day)
Location
scotland
System Name spuds K8-X2
Processor amd athlon X2 4200+ toledo s939 2794mhz 254x11 1.4 vcore
Motherboard MSI K8N Neo4-F v1.0 (MS-7125) nforce4 sata2 mod, laptop cpu heatpipe copper nb cooler
Cooling akasa evo "blue" + 90mm fan, 2x120mm front, 250mm side, 120mm rear, 120mm in psu, pci slot exhaust.
Memory OCZ Platinum XTC DDR PC3200 4GB(4x1024) @254mhz 3-3-3-8 2T
Video Card(s) sapphire HD3870 512mb GDDR4 vf900cu, several ramsinks on components / nvidia 7300gt 256mb secondary
Storage hitachi 160gb (slightly fried) / hitachi 120gb ATA / Seagate 160gb / 2x ps3 seagate 60gb
Display(s) CTX EX1300F 20" flat CRT, 1280x1024@100hz / 19" benq FP91G X / 19" hanns-g (all free)
Case mesh server/gaming black case, 9x 5.25' drive bays, silvestone auto fan controller
Audio Device(s) onboard realtek alc850 7.1/soundblaster LIVE! ct4780 + kxaudio - sony home theatre surround
Power Supply winpower 650w, system draws around 470-500w under load(+all screens)
Software win7 64bit
Benchmark Scores ~16m trips/sec using mty trip generator. triple monitor gaming using SoftTH. 3840x1024
if it's anything like spread spectrum on a mobo it's to reduce emi (electromagnetic interference) although i'd find out from wd first.
 
Joined
Oct 16, 2006
Messages
2,573 (0.40/day)
Location
N.Ireland
Processor Core I5 4440 / 4430
Motherboard Asus z87-k / Gigabyte ga h97- d3h
Cooling Arctic freezer / Generic
Memory 8 gb Mushkin / Various
Video Card(s) Radeon 7850 cf / Gtx 690
Storage Samsung 850 EVO 250 gb / 2x1 terabyte hdds Wd 256 gb nvme
Display(s) Technika 32" / Asus 24` ips
Case Corsair
Audio Device(s) X-fi Titanium
Power Supply Corsair 850 w
Software Windows 10
I.e. if it interferes with wireless cards or whatever. I think you should enable it unless you notice a performance hit.
 
Top