How to stabilize Cooler Master B360 Core ARGB in TLOU?
This AIO was basically playing Russian roulette with my hardware. Despite being a 360mm unit, TLOU managed to spike my CPU to 100°C and trigger a hard reboot—absolutely ridiculous. The pump response in default mode was way too sluggish, letting heat pile up at the block instead of moving it to the rad. I first tried pinning the pump at 100% constantly, but the high-frequency buzzing was a nightmare in a quiet room. I switched to a linked strategy: 80% pump speed at 60°C, ramping to 100% at 85°C. After two hours of stress testing, the peak temps were suppressed to 75°C - 82°C with zero frame drops. I did run into a glitch where a software conflict stopped the pump entirely during low loads, which was terrifying until I clean-installed the drivers. Now, coolant temps are stable at 30°C - 36°C with fans at 1200 RPM. Exporting the thermal logs showed the spikes are gone, and the input response finally feels instantaneous.