How to fix CPU throttling on Galax B360M-M.2 in Hitman 3?
It's honestly ridiculous that Hitman 3 can push a motherboard's power delivery to 100℃. The overheat was so bad that my CPU clock would tank from 4.0GHz to 0.8GHz instantly, turning the game into a slideshow before the whole rig just rebooted. It was a total joke. I started by jamming extra fans in the case to blow on the VRMs, but that only dropped the temp by 5℃ and didn't stop the crashes—totally amateur move. I went into the BIOS and capped the long-term power limit (PL1) to 65W and disabled all auto-boost features to force a lower, stable clock. HWInfo showed VRM temps finally settling between 82℃ - 88℃. I lost about 15% performance, but at least it doesn't crash anymore. I tried capping it at 45W once, but the loading screens took an eternity, so 65W is the compromise. CPU is now 65℃ - 72℃ and the board is at 85℃. Exported the power config to a backup file.
