Should I adjust power limits for Jonsbo CR-1400E in FF16?
Every time a summon appeared, my FPS would tank from 60 down to 25, which was honestly anxiety-inducing. The CR-1400E is a budget cooler, and once the CPU pushed past 125W, the core hit 98℃ instantly, forcing the clock down to 2.4GHz. I tried enabling Power Saving mode in Windows, but that just made the minimum FPS even worse—a total facepalm moment. I ended up stripping the cooler and applying high-conductivity phase-change thermal paste, then went into the BIOS to manually cap PL1 at 95W and PL2 at 125W. In Cinebench R23, my multi-core score climbed from 21000 back to 23500, with peaks held at 86℃. Interestingly, the power cap added about 3 seconds to loading screens, which I only managed to offset by enabling XMP. The fans are now screaming at 1800-2200 RPM, and it's a bit noisy, but the clock fluctuations are gone. The input response feels way more tactile and snappy now.
