Is the Thermalright PA140 underperforming in The Hunt?
Every time I hit a heavy rendering area, my CPU would spike to 95℃ and the clocks would just tank, which was honestly stressing me out. The stock fan curve on the Thermalright PA140 is way too lazy below 80℃, letting heat soak the cores and killing performance by 15-20%. I tried cranking up the case intake, but that only dropped ambient temps by 2℃—it was like putting a band-aid on a gunshot wound. I went into the BIOS and set up a stepped response curve, forcing 80% fan speed the moment it hits 70℃ and enabling aggressive cooling. HWInfo showed the peak temp drop from 95℃ to a manageable 82-86℃, and the throttling stopped. I did have some annoying resonance noise at low loads, but locking the floor to 800 RPM below 40℃ silenced it. CPU now sits at 72-78℃ with 1600 RPM peaks. The input lag is gone and it finally feels responsive.
