Is my Seagate FireCuda 530 500GB overheating in Control 2?
During those crazy scene shifts, the game would just stutter, and it completely killed the flow of combat. I checked my monitors and saw the Seagate FireCuda 530 500GB hitting 75-82℃ after 10 minutes of heavy use, which triggered the thermal throttling. My read speeds crashed from 6000MB/s to a miserable 2500MB/s. I tried lowering the CPU power limit to cool the whole case, but that only dropped the SSD temp by 2℃—totally useless for localized heat. I ended up reseating the stock heatsink and cranking my bottom intake fans to 1200 RPM. In RTSS, the frame time spikes that were hitting 18-35ms dropped to a smooth 10-15ms. I actually struggled with the thermal pads at first because they were uneven, but swapping to 0.5mm pads finally did the trick. Temps are now a steady 52-58℃. Performance is verified.
