How to cool your components better??

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Hey there guys.Can somebody tell me how to cool components better during gaming ?.Thunder Master says my GPU temperature is 60C normally.Running World of Wacraft on settings 5/10 with v-sync on it goes up to 70C.If i go with max (10) settings with vsync on, its around 80C on both settings fan duty is set to 30%.Is it safe to speed it up ?,i think it can damage the fans.Also Nvidia stated that my card can tolerate 97C.

These are my components and its temperature according to Piriform Speccy :
I5-4690 - 23C temperature
GTX 1050 - 17C
Asrock H81 - 23C
1 TB HDD - 26C

Im going to buy Cooler Master 212x in a few days,so no worries about my CPU.Im only worried about my GPU.So what would you suggest to make this better ?
 
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No matter how good the fans on the card work, if the case isn't venting air, you're just recirculating hot air.
Fans? Highly important. Fans will wear and tear with use, no matter which ones or where they are on the case. Set up fan curves based on operating temperatures. It's not going to burn out your fans tomorrow if you have them running at a decent percentage only when gaming. If it does though, that's obviously a warranty issue. Most fans are manufactured to last at 150k hours running time at 100% I've noticed. It depends on who made it and their specs. That's a very long running time and you're not even going to run it at 100% a lot of the time. Just set up the fans to run it at good running temps wherever needed. It requires...
Depends on what you want. The NH-D15 is proven to be one of the best, if not the best air cooled CPU cooler out there.
It's not saying other ones are good, it's just a recommendation. The 212 may very well do what you want. The fans that come with the NH-D15 are also some of the quietist if that matters.

What's the limiting factor on those cases?

Matter of fact, here's a link showing a technical review of it pitting it against the top 5 rated/selling Closed Loop water coolers out there. Link
 
NH-D15 is pretty much expensive,D14 version isnt that much so ill chose between 212x and d14 for sure.And i thought CPU coolers have nothing to do with GPUs in this case.What do you mean by limiting factor ?
 
You said you cannot get those cases. What's limiting you from getting those cases?

You don't have to, it was just a recommendation. If you're looking at the 212, then you're obviously looking for a new CPU cooler too. The d14 is also good. Either one works.

Though, you said your current CPU cooler works just fine. If that's the case, why upgrade?

Just look for a better airflow case and get air moving across that card. Not just across the card, but actually OUT of the case.
 
I think they are not even on market in my country lol.Ye i know what is CPU cooler,stock is doing good,cpu temp is nout above 50c even on ultra.I wanna improve my cpu cooler,psu and case and ill be fine i guess.Now im pretty sure its the case thats causing this overheating,cuz gtx 1050 is a new gaming card and palit has good coolers as far as i know.