How to fix overheating on Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB in Naraka Bladepoint?
This PCIe 5.0 drive is an absolute furnace. After two hours of Naraka, the temps hit 82℃, triggering the controller's thermal throttling. The read/write speeds plummeted from 10,000MB/s to a pathetic 1,500MB/s, causing massive stutters whenever the game loaded new map assets—it's honestly ridiculous for a pro drive. I tried capping the PCIe slot to 4.0 in the BIOS, which brought temps down to 60℃, but I lost 40% of my performance, which was a complete dealbreaker. I ended up reinstalling the stock heatsink with 0.5mm thermal pads to fill the gaps and added a 60mm spot fan blowing directly onto the M.2 slot. Monitoring with HWInfo, the peak temps are now suppressed to 62℃ - 68℃, and speeds stay above 9,000MB/s. I actually messed up the fan wiring at first and it was blowing air the wrong way, so I had to flip the connector. Now the system is rock solid with no more throttling. I've exported the fan curve settings for backup.
