Clevo Control Center Questions

Hello! I've been enjoying my Clevo 770DM-G but just had some general questions with the included clevo control center.

I'm rather layman when it comes to this stuff but I was just curious how CCC works with all the included programs on the laptop.

Am I correct in assuming that the clevo control center is more like a "hub" for the various programs it controls? I guess my questions come down to who has the final word on settings? CCC or other programs?

Examples:

1) In the system program tab, does changing power conservation settings here override settings made in the standard windows power settings? Basically who has the last word?

2) In the gaming tab, I'm confused how the sound blaster and headphone settings interact with the Sound Blaster X-Fi MB5 program present on the laptop. Again, who has the final word? Do they play nice together?

3) I don't care much about overclocking. I figure I would do more harm than good with my limited knowledge, but one thing I would like is more detailed system information. The 770DM-G came with Intel XTU on it, which is fine, and I think is integrated into some of the functionality of the CCC.

However I was looking for temperature info for the GPU as well. Is it acceptable to have multiple monitoring programs present on a system at one time? I assume XTU is needed for CCC, so could you have XTU and say, hwinfo installed at the same time without issues? Or GPU-Z? Just want to make sure they don't get angry with each other.

Thanks in advance!

 

For both 1) and 2), I am not entirely sure but I think CCC has priority when it comes to settings, at least for power. For example, with an Optimus system, being on battery locks the iGPU to 400MHz regardless of what is set on Windows Power Settings or the Intel Driver, but uninstalling CCC, the IGPU clock when on the battery follows the driver and Windows settings just like it should. For the SB, I keep the profile on the CCC to Direct and use the SB app to tweak the audio.

For 3), I have never had an issue with conflicts when running multiple temp monitoring programs. When gaming I usually have MSI Afterburner show my temps on the OSD while in the background HWMonitor is logging my max temps.

 

I uninstalled it on my system. It was making my Touchpad auto-disable even when there wasn't a mouse plugged in.

My system works fine without it. All I used it for was the LED color arrangement anyway. After I uninstalled it, it kept the last LED setting I had, so I'm perfectly happy without the CCC installed.

Would not surprise me if it was messing with other system settings too.

I just use HWMonitor http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html in my system tray to monitor all the system temps.

 

Only problem I have on the P651SE with the CCC uninstalled is the headphone jack doesn't work without it. Otherwise, I would have removed it a long time ago. Still needs a lot of work and it is nothing like Control Centers by other manufacturers.