I got a used Zotac 1080 Ti AMP! card a few months back and at first, it's temps were pretty wild. At max usage, they were usually in the 75c+ region and with OC applied, easily going over 80c most of the time. Then I tried to replace the thermal paste with a better one, and they dropped to 75c max with OC on, so a 5c drop in all scenarios. After a few weeks, they started to go back to their initial highs so I decided to get a new case as it was long overdue.
Now I have an NZXT h440 with solid airflow, as opposed to my last no-name case that had no fans at all, and once again the temps were fine at first. Around 69-71c and 74-75c with OC applied, the weird thing is that temps were some 3-4c lower than these numbers when using benchmark programs, hardly ever going above 70c, but in games, the numbers are consistently higher for whatever reason.
Now after a few weeks once again, temps are in the upper 70s, highest that I've seen being 78c. So now basically, with a new case that has actual flow, I'm getting the same temps that I had with the old one prior to even changing the thermal paste, which makes no sense. I'm also running with an open case, both with the old and the new one.
It's almost like there's some thermal sort of a "memory leak" that slowly ramps up temps over time. It's not that these temps are super high or worrying but they get high enough to start throttling clock speeds down, and I mostly wonder why I can't keep them down no matter what I try. I didn't try replacing thermal pads so maybe that could be the reason? Is there a way to check if they are causing higher numbers?
Now I have an NZXT h440 with solid airflow, as opposed to my last no-name case that had no fans at all, and once again the temps were fine at first. Around 69-71c and 74-75c with OC applied, the weird thing is that temps were some 3-4c lower than these numbers when using benchmark programs, hardly ever going above 70c, but in games, the numbers are consistently higher for whatever reason.
Now after a few weeks once again, temps are in the upper 70s, highest that I've seen being 78c. So now basically, with a new case that has actual flow, I'm getting the same temps that I had with the old one prior to even changing the thermal paste, which makes no sense. I'm also running with an open case, both with the old and the new one.
It's almost like there's some thermal sort of a "memory leak" that slowly ramps up temps over time. It's not that these temps are super high or worrying but they get high enough to start throttling clock speeds down, and I mostly wonder why I can't keep them down no matter what I try. I didn't try replacing thermal pads so maybe that could be the reason? Is there a way to check if they are causing higher numbers?