R9 280x 3gb high temp

adast

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When i play games like far cry 4 or other games the temp goes to 84 °C is it alright because i dont play much mabe like 2 to 3 hours
my other specs are

Monitor: AOC e2343f2 23' Full HD
Cpu:i5 4460 3.2ghz
Ram: Corsair 8gb 1600mhz
GPU MSI r9 280x 3gb
Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-H
PSU: Cx600 +80
SSD: Crucial MX100 256GB
HDD: 1tb
 
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SubZeroFlsh

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Hello!

that isn't to bad for your card, but if we can lower it to 70, then that would be more safe. Anything above 90 is where you need to start worrying, do you have good ventilation around the case? what are the temps of your motherboard after a few hours.

Hope this helps!
 

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i dont have a good ventilation for case as i am planning on buying new case but dont know which one yet
this how its inside my pc looks like ignore the nvidia gpu as this is old picture i only have on the side case fan the case that i have is Black Galaxy Midi ATX
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this what it shows the temps on the motherboard is just stays at 28 done this screenshot now while i was playing
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That's a nice looking case i had the gpu for 2 months and did not clean in so i will look into that and thanks for taking time and sending me the link for the case