Fixing Thermalright PA120 SE cooling issues in Enshrouded
With CPU temps hovering between 90°C - 95°C, I had to be careful. I first checked if the cooler base was mounted evenly. Looking at the logs, the fans didn't even start ramping up until 70°C, which let heat build up in the core—a fatal flaw when rendering complex terrain. I tried setting the fans to 100% in the BIOS, but the noise hit 45dB and temps only dropped by 2 degrees. That failure showed me the trigger points were the problem. I rebuilt the curve: 60% speed at 60°C and 100% at 80°C. Now, the core stays stable at 72°C - 78°C. I did have some annoying resonance noise at first, but tightening the fan clips fixed it. FPS is now steady at 60-70, and the input lag is gone. I verified the results with a professional temperature logger.
