Should I lock the pump speed on Valkyrie V360 for Frostpunk 2?
While managing the complex logic of a frozen city, my CPU temps were bouncing between 65℃ and 85℃. That instability made the frame rate jitter like crazy. I noticed the Valkyrie V360 DRACULA pump speed was jumping around in Auto mode, causing unstable coolant pressure and a 10-15 ms response lag. I tried setting the fans to 100% in the software, but that only dropped temps by 3℃ and the pump was still acting up—it made me really cautious. I went into the BIOS, switched the pump header from PWM to DC mode, and locked the speed at a constant 100%. In HWInfo, the core temps tightened up to a narrow 68-72℃ range, and frame time jitter dropped from 12-28 ms to 9-13 ms. The pump made a slight electromagnetic hum after the lock, but a small motherboard voltage offset fixed it. Coolant temp is sitting at 32-38℃. Passed a two-hour stress test.
