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Graphics card getting too hot?

Monkeyspaz5000

Monkeyspaz5000

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Guys - I have a GTX 670 with an antec kuhler 620 mounted to it (see sig)

I'm getting the Random Stop 0124 BSOD crashes - wondering if there's a possibility it could be GPU related.

Now the antec cools the GPU fine. There's a heatsink on the VRMs, nothing on the memory chips. I didn't see this as a problem in my old case (switch 810) as I had two fans blowing directly at the Gfx card.

I now have a prodigy case which has no direct air as such blowing at the card.

I'm thinking although my GPU temps are fine, could the VRMs and memory of the card be running too hot now and causing the crash??

I'm planning on putting the stock cooler back on the card this evening until I properly water cool the rig.

Thoughts? - the BSOD could be being caused by a number of reasons, but could the above VRM/Memory potential over heating also cause this? (trying to narrow things down)
 
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I'm not 100% sure, but judging from your description, the memory is the one that most likely overheating, considering there's NOTHING on them?

May be try getting some ram sink for the memory chips (something like this), and a fan to blow on the card.

While having a antec kuhler 620 on the GPU is good, I recall reading a review that without a fan cooler, things would be much hotter from the temp of the PCB to everything else.
 
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Yeah you need cooling on the memory chips defo.

On my 580 I kept the ref heatsink base cooler and circular fan to cool the VRM and memory whilst the OCUK water cooler/pump does the GPU. You need to get some mem heatsinks that will fit around the Antec.

OCUK dont sell them but plenty others do.

(some of them are green in colour)
 
I'll slap the stock cooler back on tonIght and see how it goes.

No space in the case for a direct fan at the card.

If it's all ok with the stock cooler then I'll keep as is until I fully water cool.

The card was overclocked - which again wasn't an issue in the old case.
 
I am with Marine and Arkanoid. Memory will get hot (especially this weather) and mem heatsinks will help dissapate that heat.

One thing I noticed this year to every other year (never bothered looking before) is heat in my case. I did a de-dust on everything and temps were 5C above what they were around 3 months ago. Maybe this weather is just enough to put your mem on the brink of excessive heat, where as previously the weather had been cooler and this obviously helps keep your VRM's a little cooler also.
 
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After checking your mod it was clear to me in 10 seconds your memory will be overheating. You actually need a lot of cooling on ram on gpu. Go for a real block to be honest once you have the rads and pumps all you need is a water block as you upgrade..
 
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