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Hi All,
I've been playing a fair bit of The Division 1 recently. I could feel that the warm air being expelled from the top of the case was really rather warm. I loaded up HWInfo and continued to game. When I finished, I checked the peak temperatures as well as the average. For my stock Inno3d 1080 Ti ichill x3 it peaked at 82c and averaged 77c. By this point, the fan was nigh on 100% for most of the gaming session. This seems really rather warm considering it packs a decent cooler. My Ryzen 2700X was at stock and is cooled by an EVGA CLC 240, that was getting up to 70c peak as well. This seems high but I am assuming that is because it is sucking up the hot air from the GPU and exhausting through the top.
My case is a Corsair 88R with two Corsair SP120 on the front and the case supplied 120mm on the rear. The radiator is mounted on the top and exhausts the hot air. I got the case because I needed one in a hurry and it's quite small so ideal to take round friends' houses. However, the cable management options are really poor and coupled with my non modular PSU, it's quite untidy:
Going forward, do I have many options that do not involve a new case? From reading reviews, the GPU should be cooler, so something is not quite right. Do I need a bigger case for everything to breathe? I think the airflow is okay, it's following the standard cool air in the front and hot air out the top and back. Do I need to undervolt the GPU?
My other PC is used as a server, it's got 10 HDD blocking air flow but it is a housed in a Fractal R5. It's got a 2700X @ 4.2GHz cooled by a H115i Pro and a Vega 56 Pulse, this stays really rather cool. This has two 140mm fans upfront and a 120mm in the rear. I was expecting this to get quite warm due to the amount of hardware in it but have been pleasantly surprised.
I've been playing a fair bit of The Division 1 recently. I could feel that the warm air being expelled from the top of the case was really rather warm. I loaded up HWInfo and continued to game. When I finished, I checked the peak temperatures as well as the average. For my stock Inno3d 1080 Ti ichill x3 it peaked at 82c and averaged 77c. By this point, the fan was nigh on 100% for most of the gaming session. This seems really rather warm considering it packs a decent cooler. My Ryzen 2700X was at stock and is cooled by an EVGA CLC 240, that was getting up to 70c peak as well. This seems high but I am assuming that is because it is sucking up the hot air from the GPU and exhausting through the top.
My case is a Corsair 88R with two Corsair SP120 on the front and the case supplied 120mm on the rear. The radiator is mounted on the top and exhausts the hot air. I got the case because I needed one in a hurry and it's quite small so ideal to take round friends' houses. However, the cable management options are really poor and coupled with my non modular PSU, it's quite untidy:
Going forward, do I have many options that do not involve a new case? From reading reviews, the GPU should be cooler, so something is not quite right. Do I need a bigger case for everything to breathe? I think the airflow is okay, it's following the standard cool air in the front and hot air out the top and back. Do I need to undervolt the GPU?
My other PC is used as a server, it's got 10 HDD blocking air flow but it is a housed in a Fractal R5. It's got a 2700X @ 4.2GHz cooled by a H115i Pro and a Vega 56 Pulse, this stays really rather cool. This has two 140mm fans upfront and a 120mm in the rear. I was expecting this to get quite warm due to the amount of hardware in it but have been pleasantly surprised.
