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MSI RX 580 Armor (8gb) Cooling options

Stalker_26

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Greetings all,

Just picked up an MSI RX 580 Armor (8gb).
When i run mining software on it, the temps shoot up to 70ish, when left running for maybe 5-10 mins, temps hit a max of 83c.

Card was second hand.
Have already removed fans/heatsink etc and given it a thorough clean, new pads, new paste.

The case it's house in is an M-Atx so quite small, however, the bottom of the case now resembles a rather large sieve with all the holes to allow more airflow.
There is an 80mm fan pulling in at the front, 120mm in on the side, 120mm exhaust on rear and a 120mm fan on the bottom pulling air in, directly to the gpu fans.
Have ran the rig with side panel off as well.
At idle the card sits at a normal temp (in comparison to my other 580 in different case).

I'd rather not water cool the gpu as i don't have the space, what other options do i have?
I'm not particularly worried about the noise, i would just rather see the temps much lower.
The other 580 sits around 68-70c under load (mining).

Would love to see some other ideas or suggestions!

Thanks
Rich
 
Look into those Arctic coolers. Accelero?
The Twin Turbo III I believe is a RX 580 compatible cooler.
 
Hi and thanks for the reply.
Have seen the Accelero 3 is compatible but finding one in stock and that isn't over priced is a bit of a mission.
Was hoping that someone here may have had similar issues and created a rather clever DIY solution :D
The search continues!
 
Alt0153 said:
an option? dont mine on it
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GPU was bought solely for mining, ROI on the cost I paid for it is roughly 6-7 months, provided BTC doesn't do what it sometimes does well and crash

Not sure actually if I have the space for different fans but I will for sure have a look and see!
I've been reading that the heatsink on the MSI 580's isn't great and known for running hot.

Thanks for the input all :-)
 
All stock, messing with clocks and volts scares me last time I did thay was on an Intel Q6600!!
I dont know enough about it in all honesty and wouldn't even know where to start.
Downloaded MSI afterburner and created fan profile to bump up fan speed and keep temp down but it doesn't have a massive impact.

I did consider water cooling but I'm not keen due to the space in case and the cost.
 
Stalker_26 said:
All stock, messing with clocks and volts scares me last time I did thay was on an Intel Q6600!!
I dont know enough about it in all honesty and wouldn't even know where to start.
Downloaded MSI afterburner and created fan profile to bump up fan speed and keep temp down but it doesn't have a massive impact.

I did consider water cooling but I'm not keen due to the space in case and the cost.
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Well, undervolting and underclocking are pretty much normal for mining and somewhat necessary for Polaris because they're all overvolted out of the box. They're very efficient when the volts are dropped, so I'd recommend giving it a go. The worst that can happen is you put it back to stock :)
 
Stalker_26 said:
All stock, messing with clocks and volts scares me last time I did thay was on an Intel Q6600!!
I dont know enough about it in all honesty and wouldn't even know where to start.
Downloaded MSI afterburner and created fan profile to bump up fan speed and keep temp down but it doesn't have a massive impact.
I did consider water cooling but I'm not keen due to the space in case and the cost.
Click to expand...

In the AMD drivers Performance / Tuning / GPU Tuning Control there is a button, it says "Undervolt GPU" you click it and it does the rest for you.

Not as good as manually doing it but its an easy one click start.
 
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