Can a custom fan curve fix PA120 SE spikes in Silent Hill 2?
This cooler somehow got 'lost in the fog' of Silent Hill; my CPU temps were jumping from 60℃ to 88℃ faster than a roller coaster. The default PWM curve on the PA120 SE is way too conservative, with fans just lazily climbing from 800 - 1100 RPM while the core was screaming for air—it was a total disaster. I tried taking the side panel off my case, which dropped temps by 5℃, but the noise was like having a helicopter in my room, which was just ridiculous. I went into the BIOS and moved the fan trigger point from 60℃ down to 50℃, then forced the max load speed to 1800 RPM. In HWInfo, the peaks collapsed from 88℃ to a stable 72℃ - 76℃, and those scary spikes finally stopped. I did deal with some annoying resonance noise at first, but smoothing out the fan steps into a linear curve fixed it. The core now sits at 62℃ - 68℃. I've exported all the logs to archive the data, and the fans are now holding steady at 1400 - 1600 RPM.
