Sorry, that bit was just a response to what someone else said, the rest was for you
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GPU wildly hot after new build
- Thread starter OllieC
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This correct?
I've just took it apart to move the fans, and applied some new thermal paste again. I'll see what the temps are like now ingame.
https://ibb.co/eWqAgT
This correct?
I've just took it apart to move the fans, and applied some new thermal paste again. I'll see what the temps are like now ingame.
Alright thanks, i'll bare that in mind.
Well atm i'm on BF1 and running at 80-84 degrees. Not sure how normal that is.
I will try out BF1 later today but I am currently playing Far Cry 5 with 99% GPU utilisation and 79% fan speed and my 970 temps are 78 degrees. My 970 has triple fans though and is factory overclocked
Soldato
Seems more normal now, as long as it doesn't go over 90c you're fine.
How are you applying the thermal paste on it by the way? Unlike CPUs the cooler goes on the die directly so ideally you want to spread the paste to cover the entire area first before putting on the cooler.
How are you applying the thermal paste on it by the way? Unlike CPUs the cooler goes on the die directly so ideally you want to spread the paste to cover the entire area first before putting on the cooler.
Soldato
Ah you used AMD stock CPU cooler that could explained how wildy hot your GTX 970 card are. In Ryzen 7 2700X reviews tested AMD stock cooler saw 2700X temp gone through the roof at 90C dumped very hot air in the case.
78C on Far Cry 5 seem about right for your GTX 970 with AMD stock CPU cooler blew very hot air flowed into back of GTX 970 card and triple fans very struggled to keep temp down at 79% fan speed.
DudeRandom84 on youtube tested Far Cry 5 on ASUS GTX 970 Strix OC with dual fans, 8700K OC 4.7GHz with Corsair H115i water cooler, be Quiet Silent Base 800 PC case showed GTX 970 OC ran much cooled at around 50C probably with all cases fans running so that was huge difference with GPU temp compared to your GTX 970 with triple fans.
You may need a better CPU cooler to replace garbage AMD stock cooler like Corsair or NXT 360mm triple fans or 280mm dual fans water coolers.
I played Far Cry 5 with 8700K OC 4.7GHz around 55-60C used Corsiar H80iGT with only 1 Noctua 120mm fan pushed airflow at the back of case and MSI Gaming X GTX 1070 temp around 60-65C at 70% fan speed all ran slient with no cases fans.
I googled your Stormforce LUX PC case, you said it is new case but I was surprised to find Stormforce discontinued LUX case and it now no longer listed on their website so I looked at LUX case pictures and I think Stormforce made terrible design decision with plastic covers on top and front that fans on top and front cant get enough airflow push through with plastic covers blocked with no air flowing, Stormforce should used fan filter covers on both top and front so fans can push airflow through fan filter covers.
You could try remove plastic covers on top and front to see if it will improve airflows.
Would it really matter what cooler you have on the cpu for the temp inside the case? You are removing temps from the cpu so regardless of whether the cooler let's you get the temps lower than 90c you still have the temps being placed into the case or am I understanding wrong?
Try the game you told us about your problem with so we can cross check the results. Its not very useful saying you played wow and got xx temps now you have done all the changes and are playing bf1 with better temps. If the wow results are the same then the problem is still there. But i reckon the exhaust fans changed to the correct orientation will have helped quite a lot. You should always be looking at the pretty side of the fans when looking from the angles of your pictures.
Try the game you told us about your problem with so we can cross check the results. Its not very useful saying you played wow and got xx temps now you have done all the changes and are playing bf1 with better temps. If the wow results are the same then the problem is still there. But i reckon the exhaust fans changed to the correct orientation will have helped quite a lot. You should always be looking at the pretty side of the fans when looking from the angles of your pictures.
Soldato
Airflow issue, and depending on your old hardware - you may have been bottlenecked.
The OP has said he gets the same GPU temp with the side of the case off... the CPU could have feasibly dumped extra heat into the case, but the OP's entire room (in a short enough space of time)? Doubt AXP's little theory holds much water there.