- Aug 10, 2014
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I know this is a really long thing to read, but I'm super frustrated so please, please read it all and help me...
So as the title of the thread says.. I can't figure out why but my graphics card and CPU are overheating. It isn't airflow because I have 4 case fans along with the heatsink and 2 fans on the GPU.
My specs:
CPU: AMD FX 6300 6-Core 3.5GHz
GPU: MSI R9 270x Gaming 2GB
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3P AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D
Network Card: Rosewill N900PCE Dual Band Wireless N900 (PCI Express Interface) Adapter, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4GHz 450Mbps/5GHz
PSU: RAIDMAX Blackstone series RX-700AC 700W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular
Now before anyone comments about my PSU, I know that it's a tier 5 on Tomhardware's PSU list. But I've read so many different things about how the PSU can or can not overheat things, so I don't know what to believe so let's ignore that for now.
In the beginning of building this thing, the RAM stopped working (only one stick) so we replaced that. But out of the four slots on the motherboard, only two of them will read the RAM without crashing my PC as soon as it starts up. Recently, I took it into PC Laptops and they stuck the GPU in another beast of a computer to see if that was the issue. The GPU got extremely hot, but it did not crash the system. ( I bought another fan that blows directly on the GPU to compensate for that). When I brought my PC back home, the graphics card couldn't be detected until I plugged it into the same slot on the motherboard.
But then there's the processor. Which only started overheating two days ago.
PC Laptops said I shouldn't need the amount of fans that I have. They said that the problem is my motherboard so I'm getting a new one soon. Any other ideas?
So as the title of the thread says.. I can't figure out why but my graphics card and CPU are overheating. It isn't airflow because I have 4 case fans along with the heatsink and 2 fans on the GPU.
My specs:
CPU: AMD FX 6300 6-Core 3.5GHz
GPU: MSI R9 270x Gaming 2GB
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3P AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D
Network Card: Rosewill N900PCE Dual Band Wireless N900 (PCI Express Interface) Adapter, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4GHz 450Mbps/5GHz
PSU: RAIDMAX Blackstone series RX-700AC 700W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.3 / EPS12V V2.91 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular
Now before anyone comments about my PSU, I know that it's a tier 5 on Tomhardware's PSU list. But I've read so many different things about how the PSU can or can not overheat things, so I don't know what to believe so let's ignore that for now.
In the beginning of building this thing, the RAM stopped working (only one stick) so we replaced that. But out of the four slots on the motherboard, only two of them will read the RAM without crashing my PC as soon as it starts up. Recently, I took it into PC Laptops and they stuck the GPU in another beast of a computer to see if that was the issue. The GPU got extremely hot, but it did not crash the system. ( I bought another fan that blows directly on the GPU to compensate for that). When I brought my PC back home, the graphics card couldn't be detected until I plugged it into the same slot on the motherboard.
But then there's the processor. Which only started overheating two days ago.
PC Laptops said I shouldn't need the amount of fans that I have. They said that the problem is my motherboard so I'm getting a new one soon. Any other ideas?
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