Why does the Valkyrie V360 DRACULA cause frequency dips?
This game is basically a slow-cooker for CPUs. After two hours, my chip felt like a hot plate, with clocks dropping from 5.0GHz to 3.2GHz, making the game look like a slideshow. The Valkyrie V360 DRACULA pump was way too sluggish on the default profile, so the heat just sat there at the block. I tried ripping the side panel off my case, which dropped temps by 4℃ but just sucked dust into the radiator—not a real fix. I went into the control software, locked the pump at 100% full blast, and bumped the rad fans to 1800 RPM. Under stress tests, temps finally stayed clamped between 65℃ - 72℃. I had some annoying pump resonance noise at first, but dialing it back to 90% silenced it. CPU power draw is now 120-150W, and the fan speed is a steady 1600-1800 RPM. Still, the pump noise is a bit audible under load.
