Dealing with Asgard Thor DDR5 6400 clock drops in Avowed
Watching my frame rate swing like a heart monitor between 55 and 25 FPS during a boss fight is enough to give anyone anxiety. The Asgard Thor DDR5 6400 was triggering a forced downclock of the CPU memory controller because the motherboard's VRMs were cooking at 88-95℃. I tried switching Windows to the 'High Performance' power plan, but that just pushed the CPU to 98℃ and triggered a hard reboot—a wake-up call that software tweaks weren't enough. I headed into the BIOS and bumped the PL1 power limit from 125W to 150W, and slapped a high-static pressure exhaust fan at the top of my case. Checking HWInfo, the memory clock stopped fluctuating between 4800-6400MHz and locked in at 6300-6400MHz. The VRMs actually hit 102℃ after the power bump, but adding thermal pads to the chokes brought them back down to 82-88℃. CPU temps settled at 75-82℃. Stress tests are clean, and the stuttering is gone.
