Using Kingston HyperX RAM with Phantom Blade Zero, but temp readings jump from 40 to 70C—is it real?

This isn't a hardware failure; it's a mismatch between the polling frequency and voltage fluctuations. I actually panicked, thinking the sticks were frying, so I swapped slots and lowered frequencies, but the erratic jumping remained. I then dug into the AIDA64 advanced settings and enabled the data smoothing algorithm to clear out the high-frequency noise. In Report 2025-SZ-08 on Win11 24H2, the wild 40-70C swings were compressed into a realistic 52-58C range. The trade-off is a slight 0.5s delay in reporting peak temps, but it allows me to actually see the thermal trend instead of random numbers. Now, during high loads, the graph is a smooth curve, so I can stop staring at the monitor in a blind panic.