Should I limit PL1/PL2 for PCCOOLER RT500 Digital?
Watching the screen tear and stutter during a boss fight was incredibly frustrating, as the lag completely messed up my parry timing. The RT500 Digital is a compact cooler, and facing a heavy hitter like Ragnarok, my cores shot past 95°C, causing the clock speed to bounce erratically between 3.2GHz - 4.6GHz. I tried lowering the in-game graphics, but the temps stayed high while the visuals looked like mud—a totally useless effort. I eventually dove into the BIOS and manually capped the PL1 power wall at 115W and PL2 at 140W, while shortening the fan response time to 0.8 seconds. Using RTSS, I saw the frame variance shrink from 35-75 FPS to a stable 60-68 FPS. While the ceiling was lower, the consistency was a massive upgrade. I actually overshot it at first, capping it at 85W, which made loading screens take forever until I bumped it back to 115W. Now, CPU temps sit at 80°C - 85°C with fans at 1800 RPM. Stress tests show the thermal wall is no longer being hit, with fans humming steadily at 1400-1600 RPM.
