Can airflow fixes stop DDR5 6400 throttling in Mass Effect?
Right in the middle of a space battle, my frame rate suddenly tanked to 40 FPS. I honestly thought my RAM was trying to play in slow motion. The high-frequency mode on the Vengeance RGB was pushing the modules to 68-75℃ under load, which triggered the controller's auto-throttle. I tried cranking my case fans to 100%, but aside from sounding like a vacuum cleaner, the temps only dropped by 1℃—totally useless. I ended up redesigning the airflow and rigged up a tiny 4cm spot fan to blow directly onto the RAM sticks, while locking the voltage at 1.37V. RTSS showed the frame time swings of 18-42ms settle down to a consistent 12-16ms. I did mess up the first install and blocked my GPU intake, which bumped GPU temps by 5℃, but some cable management fixed that. Now the RAM stays at 52-58℃ and the fans are humming along at 1400-1600RPM. The performance is finally where it should be.
