Optimizing ThermalRight PA120 V3 cooling for Code: Jie?
Watching my temps rocket from 50℃ to 92℃ in 30 seconds was a nightmare—the thermal pressure is insane. The default fan curve on the PA120 V3 is way too conservative; there was a 3-second lag before the fans ramped from 800 RPM to 1500 RPM, leaving my cores hovering between 95-98℃. I tried just pinning the fans to 100%, but it sounded like a jet engine taking off in my room and only dropped the temp by 2℃, which is a terrible trade-off. I went into the BIOS and rebuilt the PWM curve, setting 70℃ as the aggressive ramp-up point, and tightened the mounting brackets for better pressure. HWInfo shows my peaks are now capped at 72-78℃, and my boost clocks actually hold. I actually messed up the mounting tension the first time and one core was 5℃ hotter than the others, so I had to repaste and remount. Now the noise is around 32 dB. I can swap between silent and performance modes in the software, and temps stay at 72-78℃.
