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May 30, 2014 3:21:34 PM

Hi.

I built a PC a few months ago featuring an i5 4670k, MSI Z87-GD65 and an MSI GTX 760. Today, I took my graphics card out to move it to a different PCI-E slot and I noticed that part of the graphics card was quite oily. I also noticed that the part of the motherboard which was behind the graphics card was oily too. I have read that this could be caused by a heat-pipe leak but I don't know whether this is true. I have never encountered any problems with the graphics card. The GPU usage is often at 100% when I play demanding games but I always make sure that it doesn't overheat and I sometimes turn the fans up very high.

Please let me know what I should do.

Thanks.

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May 30, 2014 3:23:45 PM

jonathan_b said:
Hi.

I built a PC a few months ago featuring an i5 4670k, MSI Z87-GD65 and an MSI GTX 760. Today, I took my graphics card out to move it to a different PCI-E slot and I noticed that part of the graphics card was quite oily. I also noticed that the part of the motherboard which was behind the graphics card was oily too. I have read that this could be caused by a heat-pipe leak but I don't know whether this is true. I have never encountered any problems with the graphics card. The GPU usage is often at 100% when I play demanding games but I always make sure that it doesn't overheat and I sometimes turn the fans up very high.

Please let me know what I should do.

Thanks.


It could be. Give MSI a call to get their opinion on it
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May 30, 2014 3:25:28 PM

gpu usage is meant to be 100% when playing games. It means you are using the full potential of the card performance which is a good thing.
Use MSI afterburner to monitor your gpu. under 75C for the gpu is fine.
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May 31, 2014 1:00:16 AM

Suztera said:
gpu usage is meant to be 100% when playing games. It means you are using the full potential of the card performance which is a good thing.
Use MSI afterburner to monitor your gpu. under 75C for the gpu is fine.


I always have MSI afterburner on when playing games. I shall contact MSI and ask their opinion. Thank you.
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May 31, 2014 1:01:54 AM

Pinhedd said:
It could be. Give MSI a call to get their opinion on it


I think I'd better do that. Thank you.
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