Does the Thermalright PA120 SE struggle with Manor Lords CPU loads?
It was honestly ridiculous—during complex city simulations, my CPU temps spiked straight to 95 ℃, causing the clock speed to get sliced in half. The default fan curve on the Thermalright PA120 SE is way too conservative; it just couldn't react fast enough to the bursts, and my temps would jump from 60 ℃ to 90 ℃ in about two seconds. I tried using a power-saving mode, but the FPS dropped to 30, which was just a waste of time. I went into the BIOS and switched the PWM curve to an aggressive profile, forcing the fans to 1500 RPM as soon as the chip hits 70 ℃. HWInfo shows the peaks are now held between 78 - 84 ℃, with frequencies stable at 4.2 GHz. The fans sounded like a jet engine at first, but I dialed back the sub-50 ℃ speed to 800 RPM to keep my sanity. Heatsink temps are around 35 - 40 ℃. I saved this profile as a snapshot, and now the fans stay steady at 1500 - 1800 RPM.
