Why is my CPU overheating in the Pacific Drive garage?
While deep-diving into car mods, my CPU temps jumped from 55°C to 88°C in under 10 seconds, causing my clock speeds to bounce wildly between 4.2-4.8GHz, which was honestly baffling. The default pump curve on the Cooler Master MasterLiquid B240 only hits 60% power during low loads, creating a heat bottleneck at the cold plate. I tried maxing out the fans first, but while the radiator felt cool, the core temps stayed high—a totally frustrating waste of time. I eventually jumped into the BIOS, switched the pump header from Auto to Full Speed, and set the radiator fan trigger to 50°C. Monitoring with HWInfo, the core temps dropped from 85-92°C down to a steady 62-68°C, and the frame drops vanished. I did hit some annoying resonance noise when I first cranked the pump, but flipping the radiator orientation fixed it. Now water temps sit at 31-36°C with fans at 1300 RPM. Thermal efficiency is up 20%, and the settings are finally locked in.
