Is the ASRock H310CM-ITX/ac overheating during Metro Awakening?
It's unbelievable that this tiny board hits the thermal wall almost instantly in VR scenes. The stuttering was so bad that turning my head felt like a slideshow. I checked HWInfo and saw the CPU temp spike from 58°C to 97°C in just 0.7 seconds, triggering a massive frequency drop. I tried enabling power-saving mode in Windows, but the FPS tanked to 40, which was a complete joke. I went straight into the BIOS and switched the fan PWM curve to an aggressive profile, forcing the fans to 2500 RPM once the CPU hits 65°C. In HWInfo, the peak temps finally stayed within the 75°C - 81°C range, and the clock speed locked at 3.4 GHz. The first time I did this, the fan noise sounded like a dental drill, so I had to drop the idle speed below 50°C to 700 RPM just to keep my sanity. Heatsink fins measured 32°C - 38°C. I've exported all the stress test logs to confirm the thermal overhead is now sufficient.
