Why is my i5-14600KF choking in Manor Lords cities?
Once my village hit the mid-to-late game, my frame rate would randomly tank from 110 FPS down to 45 FPS, making construction commands feel like they were lagging through molasses. Looking at HWiNFO, the Vcore on my Intel Core i5-14600KF was swinging wildly by 0.06V - 0.1V during heavy simulation loads. I first tried enabling Ultimate Performance mode in Windows, but that was a disaster—temps shot up to 94-98℃ and the stuttering didn't budge, which was beyond frustrating. I eventually dove into the BIOS, switched the Load-Line Calibration (LLC) from Auto to Level 2, and manually set a +0.03V core voltage offset. This tightened the voltage swing from 1.15-1.22V to a rock steady 1.20-1.23V, and my frame times dropped from a jittery 16-30ms to a consistent 8-12ms. I actually blue-screened three times trying to push an aggressive overclock initially, and only got it stable after backing the ring bus down to 4.3GHz. With VRM temps sitting at 58-64℃ and fans humming at 1400-1600 RPM, the voltage curve is finally flat. Everything is saved and stable now.
