[SOLVED] GPU Overheating - Options

[Gincal]

Hey guys,

I've got a built ROG computer. I know, don't hold it against me. It's the ROG G20AJ and not even the nice one. I've had it for 2 or 3 years and have opened it several times to clean up and once to install an HDD.

Here are my specs:

GTX 750
i7-4790 @ 3.60GHz
12Gb RAM

Windows 10 64bits.

Lately, once in a while my gpu just gives up. I usually play League and Rocket League with high settings and high FPS but once in a while it just starts dropping my FPS drastically and I am unable to do anything, sometimes I can reach the task manager and kill it, other times I have to manually shut down the computer. Thing is, whether I shut the PC down or I manage to close whatever application I have to wait or it will happen again. In the past few weeks I shut down my PC and wait like 5min or so until turning it back on and it usually solved the issue and I was able to keep on playing my games with no trouble. When it happened again I waited again.

But lately that hasn't even worked. Not so much in League or Rocket, but in Eurotruck Simulator 2 or Cities: Skylines, I turn the games on and as soon as I leave the loading screens and enter the game itself it starts lagging hard. Most of the times I'm able to reach the task manager and shut it down but it doesn't matter if I wait 5min or the whole night it happens again.

The thing is, I've opened my ROG several times before and I'm no specialist, but after talking with some of my friends and after some search online I reached the conclusion it is built in a very laptop-ey way, if you know what I mean.

Also, after some stress tests to my GPU I realized that is probably the problem. It's hitting temps around 40 and 50ºC when idle and reaches temps like 80ºC in under 5min of stress testing.

I've thought about updating my GPU but due to the specific build I've had trouble understanding what would even fit in the box.

As I see it, I have to upgrade my GPU which is reasonable, my question is: will it solve my problem? Also, which ones even fit in the pc box? Should I upgrade my coolers as well? Should I upgrade to a bigger and more organized box? This one seems like the best option, turning this build into a more organized version and making my upgrades easier (I've installed an HDD too and it was a bitch to get in there), but I have no idea how that works. Are the components easily transferable from one box to another? Will things be tidy?

So, in the end, I'd like some opinions on all of this.

Thank you so much in advance,

Pedro

P.S. Yes, my graphic drivers are up to date! Ahahah!
Also, I'm not very good with all of this, but I can search some stuff online and so on, so if you would like me to ty and provide you with some more detailed information I'd be happy to do so.

Also, here's one of the stress tests: https://gpuscore.top/furmark/show.php?id=122957

 

[piechockidocent9]

I'd not start throwing cash at new parts yet. Looks to me it might as well be many thing rather than just gpu.
I'd start by checking hdd status via crystaldiskinfo. If hdd health is good then move to another task which is RAM.
Run Memtest86 from half to full hour on each stick, if there are no errors ram is fine.
Next to rule out the cpu, run Prime95 with hwinfo in the background precisely sensors tab in hwinfo is important as it will show how hot cpu is getting and is there any thermal throtling. If the temps are close or pass 90 degrees C there is a problem but that's for later.
Next up is removing software issues like corrupted system files, driver conflicts etc. that might have accumulated over the years.
Sadly easiest and most efficient way to do it is setting windows back from scratch. Backup anything you want to keep, format hdd and install fresh windows. Then install newest available drivers and one of the games like eurotrack and try how things are looking now.
If it did not help time to try removing they heat out of the equation (even if it did solve the issue you should still do it anyway). Buy urself a cpu cleaning kit and thermal paste, ones I'd rec are ArctiClean and a Thermla Grizzly Kryonaut.
Open the case and take out gpu and hdd and get rid of the dust best you can, I recommend air compressor or at least an air can you should get probably from same shop you can get the cleaning kit and thermal paste. Remove cpu cooler, type "Asus ROG G20AJ - Memory & CPU Upgrade Tutorial" in YT for reference.
Clean up the old thermal paste from cpu and cooler and apply new paste, type in "How to apply Thermal Paste" by Arctic for reference (from my experience the spread method is best but generally use whichever you like).
If you're feeling up to it you can also perform this task fro the gpu, "Video Card Thermal Compound Upgrade" on YT by Linus Tech Tips is a good one.
If you are still having issueas after all that then sadly it is time to start the cash throwing. It can be gpu, motherboard, power supply or combo of some/all.
I'd personally cut my losses at this point and start to think about building a new pc from scratch. You don't have to go nuts, you can put together something good and twice or thrice as powerfull as ur old ROG for around a thousand $. Regarding cases yes having a "normal" one will be imo a huge improvement. More space = better cable management option, ease of acces for adding hdd, option to mount bigger, more efficient coolers and bigger gpus.