1080 Ti Fe - smell?

sewerino26 · 16 Oct 2017 at 08:26

Hi. I have Gtx 1080 Ti Fe. I bought card in march 2017. However when card is on load and when i put face to my opened case i can feel hot air and weird hot smell. My case is opened always. All protective films are removed.
Gpu temps 83-84C. Cpu temps 60C. 6700K no oc.
That hot smell is always when i run some game and card is heated. Is this normal or not? Psu is Corsair 750 RM.

Its hard to describe this smell. It not smell like burning or something. Just smelling like hot air. Any ideas?

My case is Centurion Cooler Master 590

d_brennen · 16 Oct 2017 at 08:51

I've had cards that have a sort of "medical" smell when hot, like a waiting room etc.

sewerino26 · 16 Oct 2017 at 09:15

It doesn't exactly smell like a burning smell but, its more of a hot hair dryer smell.

opethdisciple · 16 Oct 2017 at 09:27

I'm sure that fine. If it's not overheating or crashing when under load then it's just the components and tim heating up.

no_1_dave · 16 Oct 2017 at 09:29

Something getting hot has a hot smell?
Doesn't sound too "out there" to me. I've never sniffed the air coming out of my PC so I don't know if mine does or not.

Orcvader · 16 Oct 2017 at 11:06

Is there maybe dust trapped inside the cooler? Hot dusty air smell?

sewerino26 · 16 Oct 2017 at 11:17

I think its not dust, because i remember that hot hair dryer smell even on march 2017 when i bought that card.

Quartz · 16 Oct 2017 at 12:15

I see you posted the same problem on Hardforum.

Wrinkly · 16 Oct 2017 at 16:39

Sadly that's normal temps for the reference cards.

Just stick some bacon & eggs on it and enjoy

Psycho Sonny · 16 Oct 2017 at 17:03

founders editions are crap at cooling

84C is very hot. aftermarket cooled version run 60-75C. so up to 25C cooler.

i had the same issue with a 1080 FE. what i did was placed 2 more intake fans in the case as it had spaces and vents already for them. 1 directly blowing directly into it from the bottom of the case (it's vented there) and another blowing directly onto it from the side of the case right on top of the card. temps dropped 20C as soon as I added those 2 fans. it's getting cool air directly into the fan now whereas before it was just warm air inside the case it was sucking in. albeit i had 2 intake fans at the front they weren't blowing directly into the fan rather over the card from distance.

you say your case is always open. this is bad. you need proper airflow within the case as well as the heat being forced out. cold air in. heat out. with the case open all your doing is circulating warm air. case should only be open when your building it.

if you cannot do the above. limit power draw to 90% using afterburner. it will have zero effect on performance but drop temperature by a few degrees. also use a more aggressive fan profile in afterburner too.

DAS · 16 Oct 2017 at 20:28

I also get a smell when my card is under load. I assumed it was something burning like a medieval witch, though never saw anything untoward. Glad for the reassurance in this thread!

Quartz · 16 Oct 2017 at 22:38

Psycho Sonny said:
founders editions are crap at cooling

Try them in a Silverstone FT02 or FT05.

Psycho Sonny · 17 Oct 2017 at 10:23

Quartz said:
Try them in a Silverstone FT02 or FT05.

oh yeah because the simple answer here is buy an EOL case.

no, I don't think so. Also what makes this case so magical that no other case can do? I switched the founders edition from an S340 Elite to a Corsair 200R and it's 10C cooler even with a second GPU in there whereas with the S340 Elite it was on it's own. So I don't think my case is the problem as an MSI 1080 in the S340 Elite is a good 20C cooler than the FE was.

The reason why the FE is cooler in the 200R is because i have 2 additional intake fans pointed right at it, one directly into the fan so it's getting cool outside air forced into it and another blowing directly over the card.

Point still stands the MSI is 20C cooler in the same case and situation. So it's the card at fault.

Quartz · 17 Oct 2017 at 10:27

Psycho Sonny said:
oh yeah because the simple answer here is buy an EOL case.

AFAIAA neither case is EOL. But they're designed to work with heat rather than against it. Heat rises, so those cases allow the heat to rise up and out.

Psycho Sonny · 17 Oct 2017 at 10:36

Quartz said:
AFAIAA neither case is EOL. But they're designed to work with heat rather than against it. Heat rises, so those cases allow the heat to rise up and out.

All of my cases have exhaust fans at the top as well as the rear. 2 of them now have intakes at the bottom pushing air upwards, 1 of them doesn't but I could easily add it in.

Quartz · 17 Oct 2017 at 10:47

Psycho Sonny said:
All of my cases have exhaust fans at the top as well as the rear.

Yes, but the flow of air is turbulent, not smooth. It's got to flow around the GPU, rather than simply through and out.

Psycho Sonny · 17 Oct 2017 at 11:33

Quartz said:
Yes, but the flow of air is turbulent, not smooth. It's got to flow around the GPU, rather than simply through and out.

You could argue turbulent is better for stuff that is passively cooled and smooth is better for actively cooled items.

Both the cases you suggest are out of stock or EOL when I googled them and looked at 3 different retailers.

Quartz · 17 Oct 2017 at 11:39

Psycho Sonny said:
You could argue turbulent is better for stuff that is passively cooled and smooth is better for actively cooled items.

Turbulence is bad as it means noise. You want to help heat find its way out, and I find that a vertical blower cooler does that admirably.

Psycho Sonny said:
Both the cases you suggest are out of stock or EOL when I googled them and looked at 3 different retailers.

Both are available from Silverstone.

Amidar · 17 Oct 2017 at 16:51

Quartz said:
Try them in a Silverstone FT02 or FT05.

I use an FT02 with a 1080Ti FE and temps never go any higher than 68c.