Is Samsung 9100 PRO overheating in Splinter Cell Remake?

Sneaking into an enemy base is tense enough without the loading bar freezing at 95%; it felt like I was back in the era of spinning HDDs. The Samsung 9100 PRO PCIe 5.0 is insanely fast, but it was hovering between 75-88℃, triggering the hardware thermal throttle. I tried disabling the write cache, but that just dropped my reads from 12000MB/s to 6000MB/s—I realized then that heat was the only real enemy. I slapped on an active heatsink with a fan and disabled PCIe Power Management in the BIOS. CrystalDiskMark showed sequential reads climbing back from 6000MB/s to 11000-12000MB/s. I actually overtightened the screws and slightly warped my motherboard, but a quick adjustment fixed it. The SSD now stays between 52-60℃ with the fan at 2000 RPM. The internal analysis tool confirms the speed is fully restored, and temps are stable at 52-60℃.
Category:Hardware Peripherals Last updated:March 17, 2026 7:16 PM