skunkworks: one is the kernel line - the other sets things like force-turbo and some over clocking.. So maybe just do the kernel line one first... skunkworks: I forgot I think I overclocked it a bit.. skunkworks: I would force turbo though... in config.txt: force turbo = 1 cmdline.txt: change from processor.max_cstate=1 to processor.max_cstate=0 change from isolcpus=2,3 to isolcpus=1,2,3 add idle=poll add quiet