Is the Jonsbo CR-1400E causing frequency drops in Code: Jie?
During high-intensity combat sims, I noticed my CPU cores screaming at 88°C - 93°C, causing the clock to bounce violently between 3.0GHz and 4.2GHz. The Jonsbo CR-1400E is a small cooler, and at low RPMs, it just doesn't have the static pressure to clear the heat, triggering the hardware's protective throttling. I tried capping the power limit to 45W in the software, which dropped temps to 76°C, but game loading times slowed down by 15%—it felt like I was handicapping my PC. I ended up redefining the fan curve to hit 85% speed at 65°C and completely re-mounted the cooler to ensure the pressure was perfectly even. HWInfo now shows full-load temps stabilizing between 82°C - 86°C, and the clock jumps have vanished. I actually messed up the thermal paste on the first try and saw a 3°C increase, but a fresh spread fixed it. Fans are now running at 1700-1900 RPM. After 3 hours of stress testing, the speed is locked and core temps stay between 74°C - 80°C.
