How to stop Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB from throttling in Requiem?
The moment thousands of rats swarmed the screen, my FPS would tank from 60 down to 15, which was honestly anxiety-inducing. The Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB was hitting 82℃ within two minutes, triggering a hardware thermal throttle that crashed my read speeds from 12000MB/s to around 2500MB/s. I tried capping the maximum processor state in Windows, which dropped the temp by 5℃ but cut my overall FPS by 20%—totally not a viable trade-off. I ended up redesigning the intake angle of my front case fans and swapping out the thermal pads, which locked the SSD temps between 55-62℃. Checking my monitors, read speeds stabilized back at 11000-11500MB/s, and those rat scenes are finally fluid. I actually messed up the first heatsink install by over-tightening the screws, which slightly warped the motherboard, but I fixed it by loosening and re-seating. The PCIe bus is now running at full x4 speed with power peaks between 11-14W. Switched to full-speed mode in Samsung Magician and the setup is finally dialed in.
