Why is my B360 Core ARGB struggling in Novigrad?
Walking through the crowded streets of Novigrad was a nightmare; my CPU temps shot from 62℃ to 94℃ in just 3 seconds, tanking my clocks from 5.2GHz down to 3.1GHz. I initially thought the paste had dried out and wasted my time re-applying high-end thermal compound, but the temps stayed stubbornly around 90℃. I finally dove into the motherboard BIOS, switched the Cooler Master B360 Core ARGB pump mode from Auto to Full Speed, and dropped the radiator fan trigger threshold to 55℃. Monitoring via HWiNFO showed core temps stabilizing between 74-78℃ after 15 minutes of heavy load, and frame times tightened from a messy 12-28ms to a steady 8-11ms. I'll be honest, when I first cranked the fans to 2200 RPM, it sounded like a jet engine in my room, but switching to a stepped curve made the noise tolerable. Pump power is holding steady at 12-15W with normal coolant pressure. I exported this profile via the system config tool to avoid doing this again.
