Is my ASUS B760M-PLUS WIFI D4 overheating in AC Valhalla?
The VRM on this board is a joke; as soon as the CPU load peaks, the clock drops from 4.8GHz to 3.2GHz, turning the game into a slideshow. It's like they used 2015 cooling logic for a 2026 game. I tried some 'power saving' software, but the game just froze—a complete disaster. I went into the BIOS and capped the long-term power limit (PL1) at 125W and slapped two small high-static pressure fans directly onto the VRM heatsinks. In RTSS, my 1% lows jumped from 42 FPS to 75 FPS, with fluctuations narrowing to 6-11 FPS. I was worried the fan cables would hit my RAM slots, but a bit of cable management sorted it. VRM temps stayed at 82-88℃, stopping the aggressive throttling. Log exports show a 22% increase in heat dissipation with fans at 1400-1600RPM.
