R9 390 high temps

[Blinkybill44]

Just bought an msi r9 390 and i'm concerned about the temps.

60 degrees at idle and between 90 and 94 degrees while playing battlefield 4 with the fans on the card at 100%.

I am wondering if this is being caused by bad thermal past or fans?

Also i live in Australia and temperatures outside are around 30-35 degrees Celsius

 

[stl522013]

Just bought an msi r9 390 and i'm concerned about the temps.

60 degrees at idle and between 90 and 94 degrees while playing battlefield 4 with the fans on the card at 100%.

I am wondering if this is being caused by bad thermal past or fans?

Also i live in Australia and temperatures outside are around 30-35 degrees Celsius

The MSI card has high idle temps because the fans are off at idle. Does you case have good airflow?

 

[unksol]

If it's 35C inside that's your problem

 

[Blinkybill44]

I knew the fans were off I just read other people's reports of significantly lower idle temps with the same card.

My airflow should be excellent, I have an nzxt s340 with 2 140mm noctua fans in the front for intake.

I'd say it would be around 30 degrees in the room so would that alone be enough to cause the temps I'm getting?

 

[OldAmazingBrain]

Install AMD Overdrive, open CCC, go to AMD overdrive, and set target temperature to 50, and max fan speed to 100%. If this doesn't work, consider replacing the thermal paste.

 

[Blinkybill44]

The fans are already at 100 percent by the time the card reached 94 degrees so will setting the temp target to 50 slow the gpu or deliver less power to the gpu?

I have purchased thermal paste and I intend to change the thermal paste anyway because it can only make my situation better.

I also purchased some 2000 rpm Ek vardar fans to exhaust more air out of the case so hopefully this combined with the thermal paste will bring my temps to an acceptable level.

 

[OldAmazingBrain]

Don't forget to clean off the old paste with isopropyl alcohol.

 

[Blinkybill44]

I definitely won't do that.

Do you have any other suggestions as to how I could optimise airflow in my case to cool the card?

I have an nzxt s340.

 

[OldAmazingBrain]

Make sure the wires are behind the motherboard as much as possible.