Tips and Tricks on cooling

[ObSo-1337]

Hello fellow TPUers

I've been out of the loop recently and have found my PC overheating and starting to crash now and then when gaming. I've recorded the highest temperatures my GPU and CPU have hit and are as follows in degrees Celsius:

GPU: 105
CPU: 71

The only thing i can think of is to try and replace the thermal paste (but at the cost of voiding the warrenty?) and maybe fooling around with some cable management.

If anyone can give me a few tips i would appreciate it

 

[sneekypeet]

I suggest you pull out the card and take an air compressor to the cooler. Hold the fan still as not to burn it up at severely high speeds. My take is likely the coolers are wearing fur coats from filtering the air.

It seems to me this rig has been built for a while and is the likely cause of the overheating. If the fan and heatsink are clean, I would then look into replacing the thermal paste, and it wont void your warranty as long as you take your time and don't break anything Same thing should be done to the CPU cooler. AMD chips with a stock cooler can be stuck hard to the processor, so be careful here as well.

PRO TIP: Make sure the screwdriver you used fits the screws perfectly, or you will end up stripping the heads of the screws, and then you are screwed! (pun sort of intended)

 

[ObSo-1337]

PRO TIP: Make sure the screwdriver you used fits the screws perfectly, or you will end up stripping the heads of the screws, and then you are screwed! (pun sort of intended)

Ahaha i enjoyed that!
I have compressed air somewhere in the house. I'll schedule this for tomorrow morning. Thank you

 

[Tatty_Two]

What CPU cooler you using? If you have only one fan on it and there is room for another set them up in a "push/pull", that will help, along with the thermal paste........ if you have the fan(s) connected to motherboard 3 pin headers, are your Bios settings spinning them at max?

 

[ObSo-1337]

What CPU cooler you using? If you have only one fan on it and there is room for another set them up in a "push/pull", that will help, along with the thermal paste........ if you have the fan(s) connected to motherboard 3 pin headers, are your Bios settings spinning them at max?

I'm using my stock cooler but i have many fans around my machine expelling the hot air out of my computer. I haven't adjusted the speed of the fan but when it gets around 70c it gets extremely loud and annoying so its an unfavored option to increase the speeds anymore. I'm using Arctic Silver 5 on the CPU right now so it may be due for a change + what sneekypeet said, i need a good dusting Thank you

 

[Tatty_Two]

I'm using my stock cooler but i have many fans around my machine expelling the hot air out of my computer. I haven't adjusted the speed of the fan but when it gets around 70c it gets extremely loud and annoying so its an unfavored option to increase the speeds anymore. I'm using Arctic Silver 5 on the CPU right now so it may be due for a change + what sneekypeet said, i need a good dusting Thank you

You have answered your own question then, buy new fans with greater Cfm but less noise! Ohhh and/or invest in a cheap aftermarket CPU cooler, it will out perform your stock cooler and be a good investment.

 

[Outback Bronze]

Put a 120mm fan on top of the video card pushing air towards the back of the case. This keeps the top of the card cool, reduces cpu heat and can keep sum motherboard features cool as well. This may help with sum temps.