Solving overheating issues for ASUS Z890-A in Elden Ring
While exploring the Lands Between, I noticed a slight stuttering after about an hour of play—total killer for the atmosphere. The VRM area on my ASUS ROG STRIX Z890-A Snow was hitting thermal saturation, pushing CPU temps to 82-88℃ and triggering clock speed drops. I first tried lowering the CPU power limits in Windows, but my 1% lows tanked from 60 FPS to 45 FPS, which was a total fail. I went into the BIOS and moved the fan trigger threshold from 60℃ down to 45℃, and bumped the exhaust fan speed by 20%. Real-time monitoring showed core temps stabilizing at 70-76℃, with clock fluctuations staying under 100MHz. The fans are a bit louder now, so I capped everything under 50℃ to 600 RPM to keep it quiet. CPU load stays around 60-70% and the heat is finally moving out of the case. My temps are now locked at 70-76℃, and the stuttering is gone.
