Dealing with Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB thermal throttling in Marvel Rivals
It's honestly a joke—I bought the fastest PCIe 5.0 drive available and it basically turned into a space heater. The Samsung 9100 PRO was hitting 82-90℃ under load, triggering a hardware thermal wall that tanked my read speeds from 12000MB/s down to a pathetic 2000MB/s. I tried adding a spot fan in the case, but it only dropped the temp by 3 degrees, and the throttling still happened after an hour of gaming. Total waste of time. I eventually ripped off the heatsink, applied high-conductivity phase-change pads, and cranked my front intake fans to 1500 RPM. HWMonitor now shows peak temps capped at 62-68℃, and the speeds stay flat. I actually messed up the first install by over-tightening the screws, which slightly warped the PCB, but I loosened them up and it's fine now. The drive stays around 50-60℃, and the performance logs are finally stable.
