Can I fix FireCuda 530 thermal throttling in Overwatch 2?
This is just ridiculous—even with a heatsink, this drive was hitting 78-82℃ during high-frequency R/W bursts, triggering thermal throttling that killed my performance. I tried limiting the read/write speeds via software, but that just doubled my loading times while only dropping the temp by 2℃; a complete waste of time. I realized my case had a dead zone for airflow, so I rigged a small 2200RPM fan to blow directly onto the SSD heatsink. The sensors immediately showed temps dropping to 58-62℃, and my frame times shrank from 18.2-26.5ms to 13.1-16.4ms. I spent a whole afternoon hopping between three different driver versions thinking it was a software bug, but it was just basic physics. The drive is decent, but it absolutely needs active cooling to maintain peak speeds. I logged everything in a performance analyzer, and the fan stays locked at 2200RPM for stability.