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    [SOLVED] MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X running hot and loud

    Thank you!!! I took your advice and did a fresh application of thermal paste to the gpu/heatsink. The old thermal paste was dry and crusty and there was almost no paste actually making contact between the die and the heatsink. I just played RDR2 for an hour and the difference in temperature...
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    [SOLVED] MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X running hot and loud

    Hello, I bought a second hand msi gtx 1070 gaming X a while ago, over time the card continues to run at increasingly higher temperatures to the point where now, if I play a graphics intensive game like Rdr2 or Gears 5, the card averages around 80°C and the fans spin so loudly it sounds like a...