Dealing with VRM saturation on the ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0?
Whenever I'm blending into a crowd, my core temps spike 15℃ in about three seconds—it's almost impressive how fast this thing heats up. The VRMs on the ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 just can't handle the complex AI calculations in Hitman 3, hitting 98-105℃ and triggering a massive clock drop that tanked my FPS from 70 down to 30. I tried lowering shadow quality, but that only gave me 10 FPS back and didn't stop the dropping. I eventually manually set a +0.02V CPU voltage offset and slapped a high-static pressure intake fan right in front of the VRM area. Monitoring the hardware, I saw core temps crash from 95℃ down to 72-78℃. I actually blue-screened after ten minutes during my first attempt because the offset was too low, so I bumped it to +0.04V. Now the board stays at 65-70℃ and the frequency curve is smooth as silk, with RAM temps sitting around 58-63℃.
