Does the Huntkey T620 need new paste for Hitman 3?
Loading complex maps in this game is basically a torture test for the CPU, and my rig just gave up and rebooted—absolutely pathetic experience. The Huntkey Blizzard T620 has plenty of mass, but the stock paste had a tiny 0.3-0.5mm gap that couldn't handle 220W peaks, causing temps to jump from 60°C to 100°C in a heartbeat. I tried lowering the power limit to 115W in BIOS, which stopped the crashes but added 5 seconds to every load screen—a total joke of a solution. I eventually swapped to high-performance liquid metal and forced the fans to 100% at 80°C. In AIDA64 FPU tests, max temps dropped from 100°C to 82°C, and the crashing stopped completely. I actually messed up the first liquid metal application, and temps went up by 2°C until I polished the base and tried again. Now temps are between 62-78°C. I backed up the final fan curve after all that trial and error, and RAM stays between 58-63°C.
