GTX 770s reaching 85 degrees with fans turned up to 100%

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I posted this question thinking there'd be a TDP error but realised that's okay. I'm however worried about the temperatures compared to the fan speeds. I've got MSI afterburner to stop the card reaching above 85 degrees, though my card has just touched 87 degrees while the fans were running at 100% (which had to be done manually as despite setting up a custom profile, the fans weren't spinning faster than 65%).

Ever since I bought the PC, my fans would run quite hot (around the low 80s) but after getting it fixed recently (It was sitting broken for some time), I found the temperatures to be reaching higher. Everything in the case was re-seated and cleaned, so I'm concerned about the temperatures of the cards continuing to reach higher temps and throttling.

I have two GTX 770s in SLI,

Is there much I can do to attempt to lower the temps of the cards?
 
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Yes, most thermal paste can be used on both CPUs and GPUs. As GPUs don't have the heat spreader that CPUs have (the paste goes straight on the top of the die cover), it's very important that the past is electrically non-conductive.
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Ahh, of course! I've been thinking about doing a rebuild and possible upgrade when I move, so could do this. Will I be able to use regular thermal paste that's used for CPUs?
 
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Yes, most thermal paste can be used on both CPUs and GPUs. As GPUs don't have the heat spreader that CPUs have (the paste goes straight on the top of the die cover), it's very important that the past is electrically non-conductive.
 
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I have a thought however, if it were the thermal paste, surely one card would get hotter than the other? But they seem to both reach the same temperatures at the same speed. While I am happy to be changing the thermal paste, I am wondering if that will change anything if both cards are continuing to reach the same temp.
 
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The whole point of changing the thermal paste is because the old paste dries out over time and can't transfer heat as efficiently, so it makes sense both cards would be the same.
I do have one concern when it comes to removing the coolers to change the paste and that is some cards use thermal pads to cool the VRAM, these make contact with the cooler, so they can get damaged during the removal, if that happened they would need replacing. But not all cards have them and it's possible to remove the cooler without doing damage to the pads, so if you do choose to remove the coolers, do it carefully.

 
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