Temperature levels and how to sort them out.

[neonspyder]

Hi, I have the MSI Radeon R9 290x, ever since I bought it 2 years ago it has always ran at high temperatures, e.g. idle 55 degrees Celsius. Playing high intensity games like PLAYERUNKNOWN BATTLEGROUND'S has caused it to go as high as 94 degrees Celsius. Using MSI Afterburner I have increased the RPM of the GPU to 3000 RPM and edited the fan curve to assist in lowering the temperature of my GPU. I do not know of any other methods of decreasing the temperature of the GPU. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Sedivy]

That would certainly be the most efficient immediate method and you should absolutely use it to keep temps within a more reasonable range. You can also help the flow of air in/out the case itself. What case do you have? How many fans? Where are they positioned?

 

[neonspyder]

That would certainly be the most efficient immediate method and you should absolutely use it to keep temps within a more reasonable range. You can also help the flow of air in/out the case itself. What case do you have? How many fans? Where are they positioned?

I own the corsair 400c, have 2 case fans, 1 at the front and 1 at the back. Front brings in cool air and back blows out hot air. After using MSI afterburner etc, none of the temperatures have made a significant difference.

Thanks

 

[Sedivy]

To help your video card temps, cool air intake is key. That means adding front fans. Since your case supports 2x140mm fans in front (or 3x120mm), and comes with 1x140mm fan, you can get one more 140mm fan and mount it in front, and one 120mm or 140mm fan and mount it top back. That should even out the air flow mostly, and help feed cooler air into your graphics card fans. You don't have to break the bank when getting these either, you can get decent models for not much money. You could get two static pressure fans up front (help pull air through filters/obstruction), and switch the fan it came with at the front, to top back. Here's a list with some prices for 140mm fans:
https://pcpartpicker.com/products/case-fan/#s=140
I went with CM Masterfan pro air pressure (nonRGB version) for price/performance value but really it's up to you which one you get.

If you mean MSI afterburner for case fan control, are your fans pwm or dc? (4 pin or 3 pin). Are you able to actually control their speed to the point you hear clearly the difference? Where is your single existing front fan positioned. Ideally to lower graphics card temps, you want it to blow air directly on the card and slightly below it (help feed air into card's fans and take away the warm air being expelled by the card on its sides).

 

[neonspyder]

To help your video card temps, cool air intake is key. That means adding front fans. Since your case supports 2x140mm fans in front (or 3x120mm), and comes with 1x140mm fan, you can get one more 140mm fan and mount it in front, and one 120mm or 140mm fan and mount it top back. That should even out the air flow mostly, and help feed cooler air into your graphics card fans. You don't have to break the bank when getting these either, you can get decent models for not much money. You could get two static pressure fans up front (help pull air through filters/obstruction), and switch the fan it came with at the front, to top back. Here's a list with some prices for 140mm fans:
https://pcpartpicker.com/products/case-fan/#s=140
I went with CM Masterfan pro air pressure (nonRGB version) for price/performance value but really it's up to you which one you get.

If you mean MSI afterburner for case fan control, are your fans pwm or dc? (4 pin or 3 pin). Are you able to actually control their speed to the point you hear clearly the difference? Where is your single existing front fan positioned. Ideally to lower graphics card temps, you want it to blow air directly on the card and slightly below it (help feed air into card's fans and take away the warm air being expelled by the card on its sides).

Thanks for this, i have been looking around and noctua fans is my preference except price is a little high, would these sufice?

Thanks

 

[Sedivy]

I'd go with 140mm purely for noise issues. The bigger the fan, the slower it has to spin to push through the same amount of air, and therefore the lower the noise you have to put up with. Given a choice, I always go bigger, to spare my ears in the long run.
However, you won't go wrong with 120mm ultimately. Get what you can for a good price. If a local store has a sale on particular model or amazon offers a good deal that week on something corsair/phanteks/noctua/coolermaster/scythe/arctic/rosewill you won't go wrong to get it. Here is a nice review that helped me decide:
http://www.overclockers.com/15-case-fans-tested-ultimate-140-mm-roundup/
http://www.overclockers.com/case-fan-roundup-twenty-three-120-mm-case-fans-tested/

You want the most rpm for least noise, and count that you likely don't need more than 1500rpm for case fans as upper limit.