What sort of GPU Temps should I be worried about?

FinnegansLog · 23 Apr 2014 at 12:36

Hi All,

Currently I have been playing Final Fantasy XIV for extended periods of time and have noticed that after roughly 5 - 7 hours I get some "jittering" when moving around. I know this isn't my connection so have checked GPU-Z for the temps. I have been reaching 74 degrees at peek but averaging 69/70 degrees.

Do I need to start looking at better ways to cool my system?

I have a R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB Graphics Card inside a Corsair Graphite Series 230T Compact Case with, what I believe to be, stock fans. All help is appreciated.

Thank You.

FinnegansLog · 23 Apr 2014 at 14:14

Five.Stars said:
1 thing I would possibly suggest is, due to the way the Tri-X dumps the warm air inside the case is to try ensure you have good airflow and a way of removig this heat from the case. Not sure of the layout of your case, but perhaps a side-panel fan orientated to extract the air from case, or a couple fans on roof, again set to extract.

I was looking at fans for the roof but don't really know what to look at, my system was pre-built by OcUK so as you can guess I'm not exactly in tune with techno know how.

I literally have one stock fan dumping air out at the back of the system and 2 cool air intake fans at the front but on the back of those fans is my HDD and SSD holding unit. Are there maybe any suggestions as to any more air intake or removal fans if they are deemed necessary?

FinnegansLog · 23 Apr 2014 at 18:32

Five.Stars said:
There might be space behind the hard drive enclosure for a couple of 120mm fans. Although maybe the length of your gpu might restrict that. But yeah, definitely get a couple of decent fans for the roof.

There are already two 120mm intake fans at the front of the case.

FinnegansLog · 23 Apr 2014 at 22:14

Tonester0011 said:
FF14 still populated? I stopped playing a few weeks after release
Got 6 months of subscription cards i've still not redeemed lol.

As for the hitching, no idea could also be your CPU as the temps for GPU seem more than fine (low)
You could add 2 140mm/120mm fans on the top to push the heat out the case, will help with that kind of card as its dumping 250w+ of heat inside your metal box

Its a really good game now.

Yeah I shall look into more extraction fans then. Thanks all.

FinnegansLog · 24 Apr 2014 at 09:59

Was thinking of maybe getting the following to put on the top of my case as exhaust fans:

Corsair Air Series AF120 1500RPM LED Red Quiet Edition - Dual Pack

What do we all think?

I'm completely new to any form of modding or even building up of PC systems so would these fit on my MSI Z87-G43 Motherboard along with two intake fans, one exhaust fan on the back as well as my CPU fan?

FinnegansLog · 25 Apr 2014 at 12:44

I think my answer may be no judging from my motherboard specifications:

"3x 4-pin system fan connectors"