Another 'is my 1080 ti running too hot? thread.

[malccy]

hi

after 10 years away from pc gaming I returned just over a month ago after purchasing a second-hand pc. Since purchasing I have rebuilt the pc in a shiny new nzxt h500i case, added a couple fans and tidied it up.

The software for the nzxt rgb lights and fans is kindly notifying me quite often that my Palit 1080 ti has reached 83 degrees or above. I've seen that temps on the 1080 ti do run high but I noticed the other day whilst playing Battlefield 5 for about half an hour a lot of hot air was being blown out the back of case and that some of background in game was dissapearing or flickering. I know from my old 9700/9800 pro days that this is not good.

I have thought about the kraken g12 route with 240 aio to go on it or a third part vga cooler but the h500i case is not the best for cooling.

Am I damaging the card or shortening its' lifespan running it at 83+ degrees?

Many thanks for replies.

 

[malccy]

Thank you all for replies and good advice. Danny75 - I have considered taking the card apart and cleaning it but I do worry that I might accidentally damage the card in doing so. Is there a way of finding out what thickness I need the thermal pads or can i just go for a medium?

Shall have to check this afterburner app and take a look.

I know the case size and setup is making the situation worse and the card being below the cpu cooler and above the psu does not help. Unfortunately placing two fans at the front of the case supposedly blowing cool air onto the gfx card has made zero difference to temps.

Shall attempt to 'man up' in next couple weeks and take card apart, clean, redo paste plus put new thermal pads on (the card not me).

Thanks.

 

[malccy]

Have been playing around a bit with the MSI afterburner and believe I have improved things a bit with changing fan % presets to Temp increases. At moment in my hot attic room my i7-8700 (non k) cpu at 4.4ghz is at 42 degrees and my 1080ti is at 28 degrees (both idle).
https://ibb.co/ZMRXzR0


Link to pic of my Palit card.

 

[malccy]

Thanks Radox-0 and Danny75; I have considered some different cooling for the GPU but shall leave for few weeks and see whether the increase in fan pressure will help.

May i ask though what overclock one might expect if put under an aio and whether you see a visible increase in fps after?

 

[malccy]

Well, it appears that I have at least improved on temperatures but at cost of noise levels which am ok about at moment. Changed fan power to temps in afterburner and played a bit of Star Wars Battlefront 2 and noticed as the gpu fan increased to high speed. When I exited the game though after about half an hour the temps were showing mid 60's. Am very happy with the improvement and would not of learnt about afterburner or what my expectations should be so thank you all for help and advice.

The last time I played around with volts and frequency increases was back in the 9800 pro days so am a little out of practice. For a two year old card the 1080 is doing well. The 1080 is what made me buy the pc in end.

i7 8700
Asus m/board
256gb m.2 ssd
1tb sata h/drive
16gb corsair ddr4
Palit 1080 GTX Ti
Asus 24" tn panel

Paid £650

Am using my old Hazro 24" which is only thing I managed to keep from last pc days which was 2009. Would like to try an save and get a 144hz monitor as feel the hazro although has a great picture holds the system back. Have got the pc itch now though; now have moved system from original case to a nice h500i and now thinking of an nzxt cpu aio to top it off but my heart wants me to do a custom loop. Must stop the continuous improvement game though as know it never ends.......