Why is my Cooler Master B240 pump lagging in Stellar Blade?

Whenever the action picks up, my CPU temps were jumping wildly between 65°C and 88°C, which made my fans oscillate between 1000 and 2200 RPM with this obnoxious resonance noise. I tried the 'Silent' profile in the motherboard software, but that was a disaster; temps hit 94°C instantly, triggering thermal throttling and making the game stutter like crazy. I eventually went into the BIOS, navigated to Hardware Monitor, and forced the pump header to Full Speed mode (100% DC), which killed the whining noise entirely. Using HWiNFO, I saw the core temps stabilize between 68-74°C, and my frame times dropped from a messy 14-28ms down to a rock steady 9-13ms. I actually struggled with a 75°C trigger point at first, but adding a 0.5-second fan step-up delay finally suppressed those instant spikes. Now the heatsink stays around 42-48°C and it's nearly silent at night. Ran a Prime95 stress test and the fan speed holds steady at 1400-1600RPM without any hiccups.
Category:Software Usage Last Updated:2026-04-16 11:29:41