Hey guys, never made a post here before, but I guess I'll just jump in. I apologise if it's a bit lengthy, but I'd really appreciate some advice
So I've had my computer for over a year now, and It's been running about the same consistently, but I've always been aware of my GPU getting pretty hot while under load. Depending on the game I'm playing it can go from sitting at around 55° to peaking the high 80°'s.
I always thought I had decent cooling but I'm starting to question myself a bit and would just like some advice on how I could maybe bring the temp down some. I'll tell you all my computers specs and what I've done to it
- Corsair Obsidian 650D. Case
- Front fan: Coolermaster Megaflow 200mm
- Top Exhaust: 2x 120mm Corsair AF Performance Edition.
- Rear Exhaust: 1x 120mm Corsair AF Performance Edition.
- ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0. Motherboard.
- AMD FX-8350. CPU (Stock cooling) Never had a problem with cooling my CPU, although the fan used to spin pretty fast and produce a lot of noise if my GPU was running very hot 80°+
- 2x 4GB Corsair Vengance Pro Red DDR3 2133mhz. RAM + I know my motherboard doesn't support the max mhz of my RAM.
- Corsair CX750M. PSU.
- XFX Radeon 7870 Double Dissipation. GPU. Core Clock 1000mhz - Memory clock 1250mhz.
- Just put in a Gelid PCI slot fan holder. 2x 120mm @ 1500RPM.
Just to pre-state I run my GPU fans at 50% as a standard, and keep it at 50% most of the time after fitting the PCI fans and I've got a 5° drop in temps after installing it, but I do turn up to 75% if needed. If I mention high GPU temps, I was probably running the GPU fans at 100% at that given time. (I don't want to have to run my GPU fans too hard 24/7, as I don't want to burn them out). I also have my 3 exhaust fans on the case's fan controller, I run on the low setting while browsing, and full setting while on any game.
While browsing with a moderate amount of programs open (Temp while typing this) my GPU is idling at 41°- 43° I'm considering this pretty warm as friends mentioned their GPU idle at around 31°- 32° (With standard air cooling). Although I get temps around the same as my friends on start up, and while sitting looking at my desktop.
As I said the highest I've even seen this GPU go is about 88° while playing Skyrim with graphic mods, which I expected but I think is still too hot. Also seen temp up to 80° while playing Divinity: Original Sin (Around max'ish graphics)
On what I'd consider less demanding games 55°+ is the norm, I run Neverwinter(MMO) at 55° - 60° as a constant but have seen temp rising to near 70° (Pre-PCI fan install) running GPU fans at 75%.
For an example I recently run Terraria and got temps of around 40°- 50° running GPU fans at 50%. (Terraria is a pretty basic game)
I deep clean my computer every few months or so, but I clean my dust filters every week. My computer stands on a carpeted floor, under my desk. It has a 9" gap to the base of my desk, and is about 4" away from the wall at the back. It's not constricted at all, and I'd consider it pretty free flow.
I use MSI Afterburner to monitor my GPU temp + FPS, and is the source of my temp readings.
I'd like to apologise for how long this post is and thank anyone that actually read it all! :') Also sorry if it was overkill with information, thought more was better than less.
Have a nice day guys! - Retarded Slowbro
So I've had my computer for over a year now, and It's been running about the same consistently, but I've always been aware of my GPU getting pretty hot while under load. Depending on the game I'm playing it can go from sitting at around 55° to peaking the high 80°'s.
I always thought I had decent cooling but I'm starting to question myself a bit and would just like some advice on how I could maybe bring the temp down some. I'll tell you all my computers specs and what I've done to it
- Corsair Obsidian 650D. Case
- Front fan: Coolermaster Megaflow 200mm
- Top Exhaust: 2x 120mm Corsair AF Performance Edition.
- Rear Exhaust: 1x 120mm Corsair AF Performance Edition.
- ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0. Motherboard.
- AMD FX-8350. CPU (Stock cooling) Never had a problem with cooling my CPU, although the fan used to spin pretty fast and produce a lot of noise if my GPU was running very hot 80°+
- 2x 4GB Corsair Vengance Pro Red DDR3 2133mhz. RAM + I know my motherboard doesn't support the max mhz of my RAM.
- Corsair CX750M. PSU.
- XFX Radeon 7870 Double Dissipation. GPU. Core Clock 1000mhz - Memory clock 1250mhz.
- Just put in a Gelid PCI slot fan holder. 2x 120mm @ 1500RPM.
Just to pre-state I run my GPU fans at 50% as a standard, and keep it at 50% most of the time after fitting the PCI fans and I've got a 5° drop in temps after installing it, but I do turn up to 75% if needed. If I mention high GPU temps, I was probably running the GPU fans at 100% at that given time. (I don't want to have to run my GPU fans too hard 24/7, as I don't want to burn them out). I also have my 3 exhaust fans on the case's fan controller, I run on the low setting while browsing, and full setting while on any game.
While browsing with a moderate amount of programs open (Temp while typing this) my GPU is idling at 41°- 43° I'm considering this pretty warm as friends mentioned their GPU idle at around 31°- 32° (With standard air cooling). Although I get temps around the same as my friends on start up, and while sitting looking at my desktop.
As I said the highest I've even seen this GPU go is about 88° while playing Skyrim with graphic mods, which I expected but I think is still too hot. Also seen temp up to 80° while playing Divinity: Original Sin (Around max'ish graphics)
On what I'd consider less demanding games 55°+ is the norm, I run Neverwinter(MMO) at 55° - 60° as a constant but have seen temp rising to near 70° (Pre-PCI fan install) running GPU fans at 75%.
For an example I recently run Terraria and got temps of around 40°- 50° running GPU fans at 50%. (Terraria is a pretty basic game)
I deep clean my computer every few months or so, but I clean my dust filters every week. My computer stands on a carpeted floor, under my desk. It has a 9" gap to the base of my desk, and is about 4" away from the wall at the back. It's not constricted at all, and I'd consider it pretty free flow.
I use MSI Afterburner to monitor my GPU temp + FPS, and is the source of my temp readings.
I'd like to apologise for how long this post is and thank anyone that actually read it all! :') Also sorry if it was overkill with information, thought more was better than less.
Have a nice day guys! - Retarded Slowbro