Fanxiang S910Max 5.0 overheating in FF7 Rebirth?
Right when the battle hits its peak and the screen is full of effects, my frames would suddenly dive from 120 down to 40, which sent me straight into detective mode. The Fanxiang S910Max 5.0 is blisteringly fast, but it runs hot as hell. After 10 minutes of heavy use, temps hit 85-92℃, triggering a hardware throttle that crashed my I/O throughput from 10 GB/s to a pathetic 2 GB/s. I tried dropping the PCIe link to Gen4 in the BIOS, which cooled it down but made loading times noticeably longer—not an option for me. I ended up ripping off the stock heatsink, swapping in high-performance thermal pads, and mounting a 6cm dedicated fan to blow directly on the drive. HWInfo showed peak temps dropped to 62-68℃, and the frame drops vanished. Initially, this messed up my case airflow and bumped my CPU temp by 3℃, but I balanced it by ramping up the front intake fans. Drive temps are now 50-55℃, and frame times are rock steady at 5.1-6.4ms.