Rx590 crash logs (potential overheating?)

[fire_munki]

GPU: PowerColor Radeon RX 590 Red Dragon 8192MB

CPU: 3700x - Not o/c.

Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB)

PSU: Bitfenix Whisper M Series 550W

Case: Phanteks Eclipse P400 2x120mm intake fans

I have the above set up and the system is crashing when the GPU temp is around 73c-76c and the fan is going >2600rmp (3000rpm is also seen in the metrics).

Before I contact Overclockers as it was built by them I want to see if I can identify anything else, below is my notes:

• I've had a look in the amd log file but I'm struggling to identify temps/errors in it.
• With metrics up while playing I've seen crashes at 73c, 74c and 76c, the gfx card never gets to 80c.
• Only thing Windows Event Viewer around the crash point is the critical shutdown error which is to be excepted since it didn't shut down clearly.
• Drivers are kept up to date via Radeon software
• No overclock or custom fan control in Radeon software other than turning off Zero RPM as the ramping up/down is annoying. I have also tried a custom fan control where the fan is high from the get-go but still crashes.
• This only seems to get that hot/crash while playing War Thunder, Outer Worlds is fine I tried Watch Dogs 2 last night and although I didn't get into it temps were under 70 and it didn't crash. As are other older games which I guess would be expected since they need a lot less horsepower.

If anyone has ideas please let me know.

 

[Poneros]

First, try limiting the power and so if it that does anything for crashes. Secondly, and my initial suspicion is that the paste on the GPU has dried out & that's why you're seeing high fan RPM but low reported temps, had the same on my RX 480 that was kept in storage until I took it out recently. A re-paste fixed it. Another possibility for older games is that the card is no longer stable at stock settings for frequency and there might be a bad combination of high frequency (typical for older titles) & lower load not being handled properly. Also easy to test - just lower frequency by 200 mhz.

 

[fire_munki]

Secondly, and my initial suspicion is that the paste on the GPU has dried out & that's why you're seeing high fan RPM but low reported temps, had the same on my RX 480 that was kept in storage until I took it out recently.

I'd hope not, only had the system for ~11 months and was a complete Overclockers build. But will try the slightly underclocked version. Thanks.