Solving thermal issues on Galax H310M Warrior for Crimson Desert?
While exploring the open world, my cooler started making this low-frequency humming sound, and the CPU temps began swinging wildly between 75-88℃. It was super noticeable in a quiet room. The VRM module on the Galax H310M Warrior lacks beefy heatsinks, so even with fans at 1500 RPM, heat was building up and causing the core clock to throttle periodically. I tried lowering the CPU TDP in software, but while the temps dropped, my FPS tanked to 40—that was a total fail. I ended up flipping my case fans to a high-pressure intake configuration and locked the fan curve to 1700 RPM once the CPU hit 70℃. In HWMonitor, the temperature variance shrunk from 13℃ to just 5℃, making the whole system feel rock solid. I did notice my GPU temp climbed by 3℃ after the airflow change, but cleaning the front dust filters brought it back down. Now the CPU stays between 68-74℃ and the noise is manageable. Stress tests confirm the peaks are well below the throttle threshold, with the motherboard sitting at 58-63℃.
