R9 380 60°C when idle

[Joske Vermeulen]

Hello,

I just bought a new MSI R9 380 but it is 60°C when idle (300Mhz), fans not spinning.
When I put load on it the fans do start to spin and the temp keeps stable around 60°C.

I saw a post about this already but I have some extra questions.(http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2715166/380-fan-speed.html)

I know it is because of the msi-afterburner feature, where the gpu doesnt turn on it's fan unless it is under load. When under load temp stays around 58-60°C.

Question 1: Is it healthy to have a gpu idleing at 60°C ?
Question 2: It seems I can't change my fan speed in AMD Overdrive (greyed out) is there any way I can enable these settings or is there maybe a better alternative for controlling fans ?

Help is much appreciated.

 

[krells]

60c is nothing to worry about. You can download Afterburner and create a custom fan profile if you want to override the no fans at idle feature.

 

[AreH]

Same situation with me Joske. Just today i bought an msi r9 380 4 gb. Idling temp is between 58 and 60 Celsius. No problem in load tested it in crysis 3 with max. 67 Celsius. Fans does a good job. I think that in my case main problem is ambient temp which these days is up to 35 c where i live. In the case of lover ambient temp but same high idling temp of gpu I will probably make a custom fan profile with msi afterburner which is part of msi software bundle with card.

Best luck!