My PA120 V3 can't seem to handle the sudden heat spikes in Cyberpunk: Project Orion, how do I fix this lag?

My core temps were dancing on the edge of 95℃, and that heat was causing my FPS to absolutely tank. Looking at the logs, the Thermalright PA120 V3 had a 5-8℃ lag in heat pipe conduction when hitting 200W spikes, which just slammed the CPU into a thermal wall. I first tried cranking the fans to 100% in the BIOS—it sounded like a jet engine taking off in my room, but temps only dropped by 2℃. Super frustrating. I ended up stripping the cooler and swapping the paste for high-conductivity liquid metal, then set up a stepped fan response curve. HWMonitor showed my max loads drop from 96℃ to a manageable 82-86℃. I actually messed up the liquid metal application at first, causing two boot failures due to uneven pressure, but it stabilized after I recalibrated the screw torque. Fans now hover around 1400-1600 RPM. After two hours of stress testing, the throttling is gone and RAM stays between 58-63℃.