Should I change thermal paste on DeepCool AK620 for Veilguard?
The optimization in this game is a complete joke. During spell-heavy brawls, my CPU turns into a space heater, jumping from 60℃ to 92℃ in half a second. The DeepCool AK620 White ARGB is a beast, but it struggles with these erratic bursts; the fan response lag was nearly 2 seconds, making my frame rate look like an EKG monitor. I tried setting the fan step-up time to 0 in the software, but the fans just started panicking between 800 and 2000 RPM, sounding like the PC was on life support. I eventually tore the cooler off and swapped the stock paste for a 12.5 W/mK liquid metal alternative and moved the fan trigger threshold up to 55℃. In 3DMark stress tests, the peak temp was capped at 81-84℃, and frame times finally locked around 16.6ms. I wasted hours thinking the VRMs were overheating and adding tiny fans to the board, but it was just uneven mounting pressure. Now CPU power sits at 110-130W with noise around 38dB. I exported the logs to confirm the stability, with fans steady at 1400-1600 RPM.
