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mspanhel

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Recently upgraded my GPU and have started paying proper attention to my temps. Wondering if you think these temps are okay or too high, and what I can do to lower them if i need to?

Attached photo of my build, screenshot from Corsair iCue and screenshots from CPUID HWMonitor (running for ~48 hours).
At the time the screenshots were taken the PC is running VMWare Horizon client and general web browsing. My concern is that the GPU idles around the 48-50 Celscius mark and the CPU is sitting at 55 degrees at 16% utilisation. When I play Assassins Creed Syndicate the GPU Temp will go up to 72 degrees while reaching 100-110 FPS, playing COD: CW GPU will sit around 65 degrees at 80-90 FPS.
I am looking to replace my case with the new Corsair 4000D Airflow as I realise the 280x is notorious for airflow issues but keen to see if you think i can make any more adjustments to fix these temps.

I have the AIO Pump set to "balanced" in iCUE and the fans set to "quiet", front case fans are managed via SIV, screenshot of set curve attached.

Recently replaced my RAM from Corsair Vengeance to the G.Skill as PC was crashing every few days so replaced to see if this was the issue, seems to be okay so far.

Case: Corsair Crystal 280x - front glass and top filter removed to assist airflow
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 Mini-ITX AORUS Pro
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X with Corsair H100i Platinum AIO cooler - Rad mounted to top for exhaust
GPU: Gigabyte AORUS NVIDIA RTX 3070 Master 8G
RAM: 2 x G.Skill F4-3200C16-16GVK
SSD: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB
PSU: Cooler Master MWE 650W Gold Fully Modular Power Supply
Case Fans - 2x Corsair LL120 in the front for intake, 2x Corsair ML120 on AIO Rad for exhaust.
 

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Your idle is just tad bit high for me but nothing you need to concern yourself with. Others might consider it normal.

Your max load though seems rather low so that's great for you. Try to keep it under 90-100C. At 110-120C is where you should be freaking out to your mommy!!!

All in all, you seems to have better temp then most other users. Good for you...
With that said, you also have much room to improve on overclocking, if you are into that sort of thing.
 

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Your idle is just tad bit high for me but nothing you need to concern yourself with. Others might consider it normal.

Your max load though seems rather low so that's great for you. Try to keep it under 90-100C. At 110-120C is where you should be freaking out to your mommy!!!

All in all, you seems to have better temp then most other users. Good for you...
With that said, you also have much room to improve on overclocking, if you are into that sort of thing.

thank you!
I've not delved into overclocking really but if my current temps are okay maybe it's something I'll look into to see how it improves my gaming experience :cool:
 
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Your idle is just tad bit high for me but nothing you need to concern yourself with. Others might consider it normal.

Your max load though seems rather low so that's great for you. Try to keep it under 90-100C. At 110-120C is where you should be freaking out to your mommy!!!

All in all, you seems to have better temp then most other users. Good for you...
With that said, you also have much room to improve on overclocking, if you are into that sort of thing.

so bit of an update here - I've downloaded MSI Afterburner to see what I can get out of the 3070 - I've got Power Lim and Temp Lim set to Max and Core Clock set to +100, if I bump up the memory clock the GPU crashes mid run on 3D Mark Time Spy (non extreme). Any advice here for what I can do or try? I initially tried bumping the mem clock to 500, crashed, lowered to 250, crashed, lowered to 150, still crashed :(
 
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I don't think you can do much with the memory clock if it crashes like that, the 3070 Master should have the core and memory already overclocked a lot
 
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