Is it ok to only run MSI Afterburner while gaming?

[eey0n]

Title says it all. Recently got it going on my pc w/ GTX 1080. I hiked the fan up to 80%. I don’t hear it while gaming but don’t necessarily want it going the entire time I’m using my pc. Is it ok to revert to default setting after I’m done gaming?

 

[velocityg4]

Sure. No problem.

 

[zebarjadi.raouf]

Is it ok to revert to default setting after I’m done gaming?

Why would it not be okay?

I hiked the fan up to 80%.

You could set up a fan curve from the settings so it ramps up to 80% when gaming and lower when not. I generally set at 100% for 80+c on graph.

If you're concerned about the temps (safe till 85c), you could install a fan near GPU on case and change the stock paste to something better (5+ W/M.K).