How to stop Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB from overheating in Sword Fairy 7?
This is just ridiculous—I bought a top-tier 8TB drive and it's actually thermal throttling while loading high-res textures. The core temp of the Samsung 9100 PRO was skyrocketing to 85-92℃ under load, triggering the motherboard's emergency throttle. My random read speeds crashed from 12000MB/s to 3000MB/s, and my FPS tanked from 110 to 45. I first tried dropping the PCIe link speed to 4.0 in the BIOS; sure, the temp dropped to 60℃, but the load times nearly doubled, which honestly made me furious. I ended up reinstalling the stock heatsink and adding a 40mm micro-fan blowing directly on the drive, while setting the M.2 fan curve to Aggressive in the BIOS. HWInfo showed the peak temps were finally suppressed to 62-68℃, and the read/write speeds stopped fluctuating. I had some annoying resonance noise after the first fan install, but swapping to silicone pads killed it. Idle temps now sit at 38-42℃. Benchmarks confirm the performance curve is back to its peak, with temps holding at 38-42℃.
