How to stop Thermalright PA140 from overheating in Remnant 2?
This is unbelievable. I bought this massive tower cooler, but during Remnant 2's particle-heavy fights, my CPU still hit a ceiling of 98℃. The heat pipes on the PA140 couldn't handle the transient power spikes, leading to 15-20℃ jumps that triggered severe throttling. My frame rate would tank from 110 FPS down to 45 FPS in a heartbeat—it was enough to make me want to throw my mouse. I tried capping the TDP in software, but that just left me with a miserable 30 FPS floor, which felt like playing a slideshow. I eventually went nuclear: I swapped the paste for high-end liquid metal and slashed the fan response delay from 3 seconds down to 0.5 seconds so the cooling could actually keep up with the heat. HWInfo showed my peak temps were finally clamped at 82-86℃, and the clocks stayed locked at 4.6GHz. I almost spilled liquid metal on my motherboard capacitors during the process, but I used Kapton tape to seal everything off first. Idle is 35℃, load is 85℃. I've exported the logs, and the performance curve is finally flat.
