How to fix Thermalright PA120 SE cooling lag in Expeditions: Rome?
The default fan curve on this cooler is a complete joke. The fans were just idling at 800 RPM while my CPU was screaming at 90℃. System logs showed the core temp jumping from 60℃ to 95℃ in just 3 seconds, which absolutely murdered my clock speeds right in the middle of a battle. I tried cranking up the case fans, but that only dropped the temp by 2℃, which was pathetic. I eventually went nuclear and set the fans to 100% full blast once the CPU hit 70℃. This brought the peak temps back down to 82-86℃. Of course, the noise was unbearable at first, so I had to set up a stepped curve to balance the acoustics. Now the CPU sits between 75-82℃ and the heatsink is just warm to the touch. After exporting the config and testing various scenes, the throttling is totally gone and the fans stay steady at 1400-1600 RPM.
