recommend me an AMD GPU thats more efficient ?

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 27 Feb 2020 at 16:35

ShiWarrior said:
If I add a fan on the top should I point it upwards or downwards? I suppose it depends, but in my situation probably blowing down?

The top mounted fan should exhaust upwards,since heat rises,and the bottom one near the PSU should also push air upwards as your graphics card will get some extra airflow.

ShiWarrior · 27 Feb 2020 at 17:38

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
The top mounted fan should exhaust upwards,since heat rises,and the bottom one near the PSU should also push air upwards as your graphics card will get some extra airflow.

cheers

FredFlint · 27 Feb 2020 at 19:03

I have 2*120mm fans on CPU radiator @ ~850rpm and one 120mm @ ~600 rpm as intakes on front of case and 1*120mm on rear as exhaust @650 rpm and GPU stays cool. I set AMD fan profile to have minimum of 500rpm which stops it ramping up and down.
GPU Idle temps are ~30C and game temps are ~GPU=60-65C, Memory Junction=60-65C, Hot Spot=70-80C. This is @stock @1200p resolution 60Hz.

ShiWarrior · 27 Feb 2020 at 19:45

swapped out the RX580 (84 - 85 degrees on load and loud)
in goes a Red Devil 5700 XT

Load hovers around 69 degrees and its quite

Gray2233 · 27 Feb 2020 at 19:53

Nice.

How's your 6600K treating it?

ShiWarrior · 27 Feb 2020 at 20:01

i only ran benchmark programs so far

only PCIe 3 of course but seems ok, checking it against other users in benchmarks on here seems to compete with Vega 64 at the moment, but they are running AMD CPUs

FredFlint · 27 Feb 2020 at 20:05

ShiWarrior said:
i only ran benchmark programs so far

only PCIe 3 of course but seems ok, checking it against other users in benchmarks on here seems to compete with Vega 64 at the moment, but they are running AMD CPUs

GPU score should be faster than a Vega 64, should be almost the same as a Vega VII, think I get just under 10K in Time Spy but that includes CPU score so don't know what the GPU score is?

ShiWarrior · 27 Feb 2020 at 20:06

FredFlint · 27 Feb 2020 at 20:23

You get a better score than me:

The Sapphire Nitro+ gets loud in benchmarks.

ShiWarrior · 27 Feb 2020 at 20:25

Kirby Wurm · 27 Feb 2020 at 23:45

The CM-690 was my first custom build case! Quite cramped but a decent one nonetheless. That was 13 years ago however.

ShiWarrior · 28 Feb 2020 at 09:05

Time to upgrade the case?

ShiWarrior · 28 Feb 2020 at 15:33

going back to the original post
now i have my 5700 xt in, just tried my game that was giving me high temps and noise
, this is now running max 65 degrees, with the Fan speed around 35 % max 51% i saw where the Temp then dropped to around 59 degrees

load is not 99 no more either that has also dropped, fluctuates around 97% , but ive seen it in the 80's

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 28 Feb 2020 at 15:40

ShiWarrior said:
going back to the original post
now i have my 5700 xt in, just tried my game that was giving me high temps and noise
, this is now running max 65 degrees, with the Fan speed around 35 % max 51% i saw where the Temp then dropped to around 59 degrees

load is not 99 no more either that has also dropped, fluctuates around 97% , but ive seen it in the 80's

Was this with the additional case fans??

ShiWarrior · 28 Feb 2020 at 16:36

nope
nothing has changed except the GPU

ShiWarrior · 28 Feb 2020 at 19:44

FredFlint said:
I have 2*120mm fans on CPU radiator @ ~850rpm and one 120mm @ ~600 rpm as intakes on front of case and 1*120mm on rear as exhaust @650 rpm and GPU stays cool. I set AMD fan profile to have minimum of 500rpm which stops it ramping up and down.
GPU Idle temps are ~30C and game temps are ~GPU=60-65C, Memory Junction=60-65C, Hot Spot=70-80C. This is @stock @1200p resolution 60Hz.

just for comparison, ive set a manual fan profile, system is still quite, im now getting 34C idle / 59C load on my GPU running Superposition at 4K

ShiWarrior said:
swapped out the RX580 (84 - 85 degrees on load and loud)
in goes a Red Devil 5700 XT

Load hovers around 69 degrees and its quite

now @ 59C

ShiWarrior · 28 Feb 2020 at 20:29

interesting...

Putting the side panel back on raises the temperature by 3C

ShiWarrior · 1 Mar 2020 at 22:48

UPDATE

Having an 5700 XT in my system , ive got 2x case fans (shiny new ones)

Ive i put the computer on load

the GPU fans change automatically, and it will get to 55C
if i put the case fans to max, no difference
if put the GPU fans to max, no difference
If i keep the GPU fans at max and reduce the case fans or turn them off, no difference

no idea what the motherboard temps are yet, i need to look at that

im wondering if i should change my case ?

EastCoastHandle · 2 Mar 2020 at 02:00

ShiWarrior said:
UPDATE

Having an 5700 XT in my system , ive got 2x case fans (shiny new ones)

Ive i put the computer on load

the GPU fans change automatically, and it will get to 55C
if i put the case fans to max, no difference
if put the GPU fans to max, no difference
If i keep the GPU fans at max and reduce the case fans or turn them off, no difference

no idea what the motherboard temps are yet, i need to look at that

im wondering if i should change my case ?

I would suggest it. However, that depends on your budget and preference though.

Psycho Sonny · 2 Mar 2020 at 08:11

ShiWarrior said:
UPDATE

Having an 5700 XT in my system , ive got 2x case fans (shiny new ones)

Ive i put the computer on load

the GPU fans change automatically, and it will get to 55C
if i put the case fans to max, no difference
if put the GPU fans to max, no difference
If i keep the GPU fans at max and reduce the case fans or turn them off, no difference

no idea what the motherboard temps are yet, i need to look at that

im wondering if i should change my case ?

You could always add more fans. I use motherboard fan splitters or a fan controller.

You need an intake fan at the bottom of the case. As well as I stakes at the front. So you should have at least 3 intake fans. In my pc I have 5 intake fans. I have two at the front and 3 at the bottom. The psu is located at the top of the case.

I then have one rear exhaust and I have the psu setup as a top rear exhaust. I also have cpu fan pushing air from bottom to the top.

Hot air rises you want to use that natural method to your advantage by having cold intakes at the bottom pushing cold air in from the bottom and forcing the hot air upwards and then out.

You also want at least 2-3 exhausts at the top and rear.

My gpu idles at 25c and never goes above 65c.

In some cases where even though there wasn't a fan slot I just placed a fan there and wired it up so it sat at the bottom of the case loose. Better that than no fan at all.

If you want decent colling corsair cases normally come with loads of fan slots or spaces for fans however they don't look aesthetic as others.