Daft case question

theone8181 · 17 Sep 2023 at 08:51

Hi guys I currently use my old HAF X case, which is nice now ever I've got a 6900xt which was a very tight fit. I have fans front, side, top and rear. Would there be any benefit to moving to a different case? My gpu does get toasty, but I only run the fans at half speed due to the noise (that age old tradeoff).
Any advice appreciated, I don't actually have much in my case, a 3700x cpu and and dvd drive (which could get binned off).

theone8181 · 17 Sep 2023 at 09:32

I've not, but I have underclocked it to 2ghz on the core (it was boosting 2.5). What makes it run cooler undervolting or underclocking or does it come out in the wash?

theone8181 · 17 Sep 2023 at 10:20

I got the Asrock version, phantom D I think. It was a steal on here. I've seen mid 90s when gaming, but that was me trying to run a modern game on my 1440p ultra wide with no fps cap. As a bit of a how longs a piece of string question, how much of a difference does fan speed make as I imagine it's almost logarithmic against speed. When I let it idle with no fans it's was 54 degrees, but running fans on low that drops to 34 degrees. I'm using the stock cooler on my cpu too, but don't think that should affect gpu temps.

theone8181 · 17 Sep 2023 at 10:38

I think I've got the side fan on, might have to check that one. I had a 1080 before so a little bit different in terms of power draw :cry:

. I was slightly concerned the heatsink has been badly mounted, but not sure how to check it.

theone8181 · 17 Sep 2023 at 12:42

I've got some good thermal paste (might be mx4), it's on my to do list at some point.

theone8181 · 17 Sep 2023 at 12:56

Yea just seems odd to be bad from the start.

theone8181 · 17 Sep 2023 at 16:10

Good points. I changed the paste and its worse than be1fore :rolleyes:

. It's noctura stuff which I thought was pretty good. I used the 'buttered toast method' but I'm not sure if I put not enough on. Very frustrating. It was a new card.

Edit: side off made no difference. Seem to be getting upto 100 degrees now :eek:

so I've come off it for the time being.

theone8181 · 17 Sep 2023 at 16:38

I did I thin layer, I've redone it with a bit of a thicker layer and removed by top fan filter. I'm idling at 29 degrees which I'm happy with. I also tightened the X bit last not first this time. I don't know if the heatsink is possibly not flat.

So the filter looks like this and I'm quite embarrassed by it.

theone8181 · 17 Sep 2023 at 16:45

Checked the fans, I couldn't feel any coming out the top, that's what made me check. I'm tempted to run with no filters to see what happens as they're a bit of a pita to clean. I normally just vac the outside, and occasionally the inside, but I just assumed the filters would get cleaned from me vaccine the outside.

theone8181 · 19 Sep 2023 at 07:21

Have to say I've now removed all filters, and after a second application of thermal paste, I can run much cooler now. Its idling at high 20s and hard-core gaming puts it at low 80s (with fans running at 40%). I think there were a combination of factors such as clogged filters and o don't think the heatsink for the gpu was properly seated when I got it.
Fan wise I've got a 200 on the front, 230 on the side as in, 200 on top and 140 on rear for out.