How to fix thermal throttling for Fanxiang S910Max 2TB in PUBG?
Absolute game changer! After fixing the cooling, those annoying hitches during the jump phase are gone. The Fanxiang S910Max 2TB was pulling way too much power on PCIe 5.0, with temps spiking to 78-84℃, which triggered the controller's thermal throttle and tanked my speeds from 10000MB/s to a pathetic 1200MB/s. I tried adding a 12cm case fan blowing directly on the drive, but it only dropped temps by 3℃—a total waste of electricity. I ended up stripping the heatsink and swapping to high-conductivity 12.8W/mK thermal pads, then carefully tuned the screw torque. HWInfo shows max temps are now capped at 62-68℃, and the read/write line is flat as a pancake. I actually got some gunk on the gold fingers during the swap and the drive wouldn't boot, but a quick clean with isopropyl alcohol fixed it. Frame times are now locked at 5.1-6.4ms.
