Solving CPU thermal spikes on Soyo SY-A320D4+ in Palworld?
When expanding my base, I started noticing these tiny, rhythmic pauses in the action. They aren't long, but they're enough to make the game feel 'off.' I checked my logs and found that the default fan response on this Soyo board is way too slow—it doesn't really kick in until 60℃, which allowed the CPU to spike between 82-88℃ during sudden loads, causing the frame time to jitter. I tried capping the CPU state to 99% in Windows, but that just dropped my minimum FPS from 50 to 40, which was a terrible trade-off. Instead, I went into the BIOS and slashed the fan response time from 2 seconds down to 0.5 seconds, and set a steep linear curve between 60-80℃. Using RivaTuner, I saw the frame intervals tighten up from 15-28ms to a consistent 10-14ms. I did have some annoying fan resonance at low loads at first, but setting a minimum floor of 800 RPM fixed the noise. Now the CPU stays between 64-70℃ and passes 3DMark stress tests without a single drop. RAM is also stable at 42-48℃.
