Question Are these normal Temperatures for a RTX3070 Ventus 2x OC?

[driller123]

Hi,

I bought a computer recently and am really confused by the fact that it runs hotter and especially louder than my old one. I get temperatures of 85 °C playing Overwatch (2K resolution, 144 fps, Ultra settings), which is also the thermal throttling limit I set. The fans are annoyingly loud at this temperature.
Is this a normal behaviour or is there something wrong with my card?
I've read that hot temperatures are normal for the newer cards, so should the solution just be to turn down the fan speed at these temperatures?

My specs are:

• Carbide Series 175R RGB, with three fans
• Motherboard: MSI MPG A650GF MPG B550 GAMING PLUS
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
• CPU-Cooler: Corsair H100x, mounted top
• Grafics Cards: GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 2X OC
• 32 GB RAM

Thanks for any help in advance!

 

[tennis2]

The Carbide 175R only has intake vents on the top and bottom of the front panel. Are the bottom front panel vents unobstructed? The top and bottom vents aren't really enough to feed 2x120mm fans fully, so they NEED to be unobstructed.

I assume it's:
2x120mm front fans as INTAKE
H100x top as EXHAUST
1x120mm rear fan as EXHAUST

Does the GPU temp decrease significantly if you run with the side panel removed?

The Ventus 2x isn't a fantastic cooler for RTX3070 so it may struggle if pushed hard. Have you tried an undervolt (MSI Afterburner, set Core Clock offset of +130MHz). Undervolting is only going to let the GPU boost to higher frequencies until it hits the TDP again. You could also play around with a power limit reduction (Say 80%). Coupling an undervolt and a power limit reduction should/would allow you to hit roughly the same frequency at lower power draw, hence reducing temps and noise.

 

[driller123]

The Carbide 175R only has intake vents on the top and bottom of the front panel. Are the bottom front panel vents unobstructed? The top and bottom vents aren't really enough to feed 2x120mm fans fully, so they NEED to be unobstructed.

I assume it's:
2x120mm front fans as INTAKE
H100x top as EXHAUST
1x120mm rear fan as EXHAUST

This is correct. If the overall flow through the case would not be enough, I should see this in the mainboard temperature, correct? What values would be worrying?

Does the GPU temp decrease significantly if you run with the side panel removed?

The Ventus 2x isn't a fantastic cooler for RTX3070 so it may struggle if pushed hard. Have you tried an undervolt (MSI Afterburner, set Core Clock offset of +130MHz). Undervolting is only going to let the GPU boost to higher frequencies until it hits the TDP again. You could also play around with a power limit reduction (Say 80%). Coupling an undervolt and a power limit reduction should/would allow you to hit roughly the same frequency at lower power draw, hence reducing temps and noise.

Thanks a lot for the suggestion! I will try this now.

Edit: I tried it now and it leads to 5-10 °C colder temps. I guess I'll just throttle the fan speed too the level I can accept and then let the thermal throttling do the rest? What temperatues are sensible as throttling limit? 85 °C?

System temperature is around 50 °C while gaming, which I guess is high and I should maybe increase the speed of the Intake/Exhaust fans?

 

[tennis2]

Did you try the +130MHz clock offset and 80% power limit?

You could remove the "filters" (... if you call them that) from the vents in the front panel. Looks like you'd get 50-100% more opening area from that. I don't think the "filters" would really catch much/any dusty anyway, so they're just airflow restrictors.

 

[driller123]

Did you try the +130MHz clock offset and 80% power limit?

You could remove the "filters" (... if you call them that) from the vents in the front panel. Looks like you'd get 50-100% more opening area from that. I don't think the "filters" would really catch much/any dusty anyway, so they're just airflow restrictors.

Yes I did try that, and it had about a 5-10 °C influence.
There are no Filters in the front panel, it's just a bit unfortunate how the air has to travel trough the front (only open at the top and bottom)

Thanks a lot for your help!

 

[AhmedShah]

Normal CPU temperature while gaming should be 60-70 degrees Celsius.

But if your CPU temperature is moving higher than 90 degrees Celsius then you probably do something because it is dangerous for your CPU.

 

[driller123]

Thanks for the input Ahmed, I think the CPU values are fine (now?) idel around 35 °C and 60 °C with load.

Just for completness I want to add that I slightly modified my setup:

• I realized what was meant with the filters (the grid where air enters at the front) and removed the bottom one (the top one removed would looke ugly).
• I replaced a 120mm with a noctua 140 mm fan
• I moved both front fans into the case so theres actually some space for air in the front.

Overall I have to say I can really not recommend this Case. I will never buy a case without front mesh anymore.

Thanks for the help!

 

[tennis2]

My case has side vents all the way down each side. Basically fully open, unlike modern cases where that's also the fan "filter". I still get better temps by cracking the front panel door open an inch.