New extended USER PROFILES for HYBRID OC!

Today I’m shipping something HYDRA never had before: four fully user‑defined overclocking profiles for HYBRID OC, switching live to match what you’re running.
Names are straightforward — USER#1, USER#2, USER#3, USER#4 — but the control they provide is anything but basic: PBO limits, manual freq/voltage, per‑CCD boosts, choosing cores for a boost, eCLK, time windows, and soft core affinity, all in a single place and driven by your process list.

Launch Cinebench and one set of rules kicks in; start 3DMark or a game and another profile takes over — no reboots, no service restarts, no drama.

What a profile contains ?

Each of the four profiles is a scenario that becomes active when HYDRA detects your chosen processes:

• Process list — 1 to 9 executables that should trigger the profile.

• Control mode:

  • H / PBO ON → manual frequency & voltage control.

  • H / PBO OFF → PBO2 limits mode.

• AMD PBO2 limits (PPT/TDC/EDC) when you prefer limit‑driven behavior.

• eCLK (BCLK‑like, if your board supports it) for fine frequency granularity.

• Active time window — “from → to”; disable it if you want the profile 24/7.

• Per‑core selection (and SMT) for boosting — choose exactly where the work lands.

• Force affinity mask — enforces “soft” affinity so the selected boost cores stay isolated.

• Per‑CCD target boost frequencies — tailor multi‑CCD parts precisely.

• Voltage (VID) — set realistic ceilings without vendor “autoboost” constraints.

UI logic: parameters that are in effect are white/colored; unused ones are grayed out. VID column uses a color accent for understand what range you are in (green - safe, red - requires attention).

Live switching engine

HYBRID OC includes a real‑time process analyzer. It constantly matches what’s running against what you defined in the profiles. On match, the profile activates instantly. This gives you context‑aware overclocking instead of one‑size‑fits‑all boosting.

Why it matters?

1. Soft affinity & isolation.
   Boost cores are cleanly separated; stability remains high because we guide Windows rather than fight it. The target frequency will only be on selected cores, while cores that are not selected will have a reduced frequency of 1000 - 2000 MHz.

2. No “autoboost ceiling.”
   Your frequencies and voltages define the envelope — not marketing presets.

3. All the knobs, one place.
   PBO limits, eCLK, timer, affinity mask, per‑CCD manual frequency, manual VID — combined. You won’t find this blend elsewhere.

4. Everyday simplicity.
   HYDRA can auto‑start with Windows and auto‑enable HYBRID OC. You focus on the workload; profiles switch themselves.

Use‑case sketches

• USER#1 — Bench: Cinebench/3DMark, aggressive per‑CCD boosts, tight VID, Force affinity mask for reproducibility.

• USER#2 — Game: multiple game EXEs, slightly relaxed VID, best‑latency CCD prioritized, partial SMT.

• USER#3 — Render/Compile: PBO2‑driven, SMT everywhere, eCLK +0.5% (if available), long time window.

• USER#4 — Night/Background: strict timer (e.g., 23:00–07:00), low limits for silence and efficiency.

My example

My goal is to run a lightly‑threaded benchmark on the best cores I’ve selected, effectively bypassing the factory CPPC “preferred cores” ranking.

I opted for manual control of voltage and frequency (the checkbox in the H / PBO column is enabled). I set the voltage to 1350 mV, and configured frequencies of 5750 MHz and 4200 MHz for the first and second CCD, respectively. I didn’t touch any PBO settings—they’re greyed out, which means they don’t participate in this profile.

By clicking the status button labeled USER#1, I opened the advanced settings. There, I:

• Selected the specific processes of interest from the list.

• Specified in the table which cores must run at the fixed frequency set on the previous tab.

• Disabled SMT for those cores.

• Forced application of the CPU affinity mask for the chosen processes.

• I left the timer at its default (00:00 - 00:00)—Always On.

The final step was to activate the profile by pressing the Activate button on the bottom bar, next to OK and Cancel.