How to stop NH-D15S from throttling in Atomic Heart?
In the middle of fast-paced combat, I noticed these tiny micro-stutters that are absolutely lethal in an action game. Monitoring showed that the Noctua NH-D15S was struggling with heavy instruction loads, with core temps hitting 88-94℃. This triggered constant thermal throttling, sending my clocks diving from 4.5 GHz down to 3.2 GHz. I started by disabling every single useless background service in Windows, but while RAM usage dropped, the temps didn't budge. It was a frustratingly cautious approach that did nothing. I eventually bumped the front intake fan voltage to 12V and synced the cooler fans to trigger based on the hottest core temperature. In AIDA64, the peak temp dropped from 95℃ to a manageable 82-86℃, and frame times stabilized from 25-40ms down to 14-18ms. I did get a weird high-pitched whine from the case after the airflow change, but that went away once I capped the fans at 1300 RPM. CPU power is now steady at 140-155 Watts. No more throttling, just pure performance.
