How to stabilize Thermalright PA120 V3 temps in RE9?
About two hours into the game, the once-smooth gameplay started tanking with obvious frame drops, which is a total nightmare when you're trying to survive. The Thermalright PA120 V3 was hitting total thermal saturation under sustained high-power loads; core temps climbed from 75℃ up to a spicy 92-95℃, forcing the CPU clock to crater from 4.8GHz down to 3.2GHz. I tried lowering the graphics settings to reduce the load, but the FPS gain was offset by the loss in visual detail—a classic 'band-aid' fix that left me feeling pretty frustrated. I eventually hit the BIOS and adjusted the fan offset, cranking the RPM by 15% for the 60-80℃ range, and swapped out my case exhaust for a higher static pressure fan. In an AIDA64 stress test, the core temps stabilized at 81-84℃ after an hour, ending the cliff-dive throttling. I did notice some weird turbulence noise after the first fan bump, but that vanished once I tweaked the angle of the front intake fans. Fan speeds are now sitting at 1400-1600 RPM. Three hours of real-game testing confirms the performance is steady, and the input response feels tight again.
