Is the Samsung 9100 PRO PCIe 5.0 overheating in Crimson Desert?
Every time I started a massive scene render, the game would just vanish to desktop without a word. It was incredibly frustrating after hours of work. The PCIe 5.0 interface on the Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB is a heat monster; the controller was peaking at 85-92℃, triggering a hard thermal shutdown. I tried capping the link speed to Gen4 in the BIOS, but cutting my 12000MB/s speed down to 7000MB/s felt like a crime against my hardware. I eventually bought an active heatsink with a dedicated fan and set the power management to 'Balanced'. My temps dropped from a scary 92℃ down to a comfortable 62-68℃, and the crashes stopped entirely. The fan was actually buzzing like a bee at first, but I tuned the PWM curve to 60% to keep it quiet. Latency is now a steady 5-12ms. Stability is finally sorted.
