Managing Jonsbo CR-1400 thermal bottlenecks in Enshrouded
This cooler is basically a paperweight when the CPU hits full load; temps shot up to 95℃ and my FPS plummeted from 70 to 30. Honestly, this thing is for office work, not open-world gaming. I tried enabling 'Power Saving' mode in Windows, but the game turned into a slideshow—an absolutely ridiculous 'optimization' attempt. I eventually went into the BIOS and capped the long-term power limit (PL1) at 65W, and cranked the rear exhaust fan to 100% to get the heat out. In RTSS, temps stayed between 78℃ - 84℃; still a bit toasty, but at least the aggressive throttling stopped. I tried pushing it down to 45W, but the game just started freezing, so 65W is the sweet spot. Clocks are now steady between 3.8GHz - 4.2GHz. I exported the BIOS profile so I don't have to deal with this nightmare again. It's a compromise, but it works.
