How to solve DeepCool AK500 thermal throttling in Days Gone?
The AK500 should be plenty for this open world, but getting random frame drops after two hours of play is just pathetic. The fins were clearly heat-soaking under sustained load, leaving my CPU cores hovering between 88-94℃ and triggering the downclock. I tried 'Power Saver' mode as a joke, but my FPS dropped to 40—trading smoothness for stability is a total scam. I went into the BIOS and moved the fan trigger threshold from 60℃ down to 45℃ and maxed the top speed at 100%. In an AIDA64 stress test, it finally ran for three hours without a single throttle, staying between 78-84℃. I tried adding a tiny auxiliary fan before this, but it just created a weird resonance noise in the case until I ripped it out. Now the CPU is at 75-82℃ with fans at 1600 RPM. Stutters are completely gone, and the config is backed up.
