Radeon Rx 550 GPU overheating

[noclue00]

Basically everything was fine until probably a week ago when i started to get low fps on rainbow six siege and it started to be unplayable.I then started to watch my GPU temperature like a hawk. My Idle GPU temp is 70c and gets to 93c in 10 mins of playing any game and then starts to throttle. My case is dust free and so is the gpu and heatsink. I have scanned with Malawarebyte and Bitdefender and found nothing. The weird part is the inside of the case is actually pretty cool and the cpu temperature is 20c idle and 40c when underload. My Radeon RX 550 is a few months old so i dont know what the problem is.

MY SPECS:
GPU: Radeon RX 550
CPU: AMD FX 8310 Eight-Core Processor
Cooling: PSU fan, heatsink and fan in the back blowing air out

Give more information if needed

 

[clutchc]

70C idle is way high for that card. I doubt it is a fan problem. Most 0 decibel cards' fans don't even turn on until 60C. I wonder if the heat sink is loose. Or something clogging the fins. It's way too early for the thermal paste to be an issue.

Same temp if the case is left open? What are your ambient temps where you live?

 

[noclue00]

70C idle is way high for that card. I doubt it is a fan problem. Most 0 decibel cards' fans don't even turn on until 60C. I wonder if the heat sink is loose. Or something clogging the fins. It's way too early for the thermal paste to be an issue.

Same temp if the case is left open? What are your ambient temps where you live?

The temperature stays the same with the case open and my room temperature is warm but not too hot during the day and gets pretty chilly during night

 

[clutchc]

Is the card that hot now while basically idling?

 

[noclue00]

Is the card that hot now while basically idling?

The GPU is currently holding at 66c while browsing the web right now

 

[clutchc]

Is the card that hot now while basically idling?

The GPU is currently holding at 66c while browsing the web right now

I guess the next step is to take it apart. Remove the shroud and check the heat sink for being secure. If good remove it and check to see if the TIM had even spreading and was making good contact. You'll want to clean the surfaces and replace the TIM after that*.

* Or if the old TIM is still adequate, spread it around a bit with a plastic baggie over your finger (both surfaces), and then reassemble.

 

[noclue00]

Is the card that hot now while basically idling?

The GPU is currently holding at 66c while browsing the web right now

I guess the next step is to take it apart. Remove the shroud and check the heat sink for being secure. If good remove it and check to see if the TIM had even spreading and was making good contact. You'll want to clean the surfaces and replace the TIM after that*.

* Or if the old TIM is still adequate, spread it around a bit with a plastic baggie over your finger (both surfaces), and then reassemble.

I currently cant get thermal paste right now since its pretty late but if the thermal paste was still adequate is it safe to reuse it or should i wait until i can get thermal paste from the store?

I changed the thermal paste and made sure there wasn't any dust in the gpu either. The temperature is still idling at 66c and when i start up a game like Rainbow six it starts to reach 93c in 10 mins.

 

[clutchc]

Check what the GPU usage (%) is when idling at those high temps. Task Manager in Win 10 can do that now. Mine hoovers around 0% to 1% at idle.

 

[noclue00]

Check what the GPU usage (%) is when idling at those high temps. Task Manager in Win 10 can do that now. Mine hoovers around 0% to 1% at idle.

It usually stays at 0% or 1% but it can spike up to 3 when idle

 

[clutchc]

Check what the GPU usage (%) is when idling at those high temps. Task Manager in Win 10 can do that now. Mine hoovers around 0% to 1% at idle.

It usually stays at 0% or 1% but it can spike up to 3 when idle

Was the temp in the high range even then (66C)?

 

[noclue00]

Check what the GPU usage (%) is when idling at those high temps. Task Manager in Win 10 can do that now. Mine hoovers around 0% to 1% at idle.

It usually stays at 0% or 1% but it can spike up to 3 when idle

Was the temp in the high range even then (66C)?

What do you mean by that?

 

[clutchc]

When Taskmanager showed the GPU was at 1% - 3% usage, was the GPU temp still 66C or there about? I'm trying to determine if it is an all the time thing or just off and on. There are Mining Viruses out there that take control of your GPU to do mining for the unscrupulous.

 

[noclue00]

When Taskmanager showed the GPU was at 1% - 3% usage, was the GPU temp still 66C or there about? I'm trying to determine if it is an all the time thing or just off and on. There are Mining Viruses out there that take control of your GPU to do mining for the unscrupulous.

Task manager still says the GPU is at 1%-3% and the temperature is still idling at around 66-70 c

 

[clutchc]

When Taskmanager showed the GPU was at 1% - 3% usage, was the GPU temp still 66C or there about? I'm trying to determine if it is an all the time thing or just off and on. There are Mining Viruses out there that take control of your GPU to do mining for the unscrupulous.

Task manager still says the GPU is at 1%-3% and the temperature is still idling at around 66-70 c

I would run a full virus scan followed by a MalwareBytes scan to be sure you aren't infected by one of those Mining Viruses.

 

[noclue00]

I ran MalwareBytes custom scan two days ago with the root kit and it took around 2 hour to scan and it didn't find any threats

 

[clutchc]

I ran MalwareBytes custom scan two days ago with the root kit and it took around 2 hour to scan and it didn't find any threats

Then I would have to admit defeat and assume the gfx card went bad. Maybe the power limit quit working, or the core/memory voltage went sky-high. Can't think of anything else to check.