What are normal idle temps for a GTX 1060?

[leftisthominid]

I just got a Gigabyte GTX 1060 Windforce. Open Hardware Monitor says my GPU is idling around 42-45°C. Is that normal or is it high?

 

[InvalidError]

Idle temperature does not really matter unless it is really high, such as 60C or more. It depends on room temperature, the HSF's design, case airlfow and how aggressive the fan speed profile is.

As long as load temperatures are below 80C or so, everything is fine.

 

[coozie7]

It's actually not bad, most likely the card has the 'zero fan' cooling option, where the fans are turned off at idle or under light load and only turn on at about 60C, if you pop the side panel off, you'll probably see the fans are not running at idle, this is a design feature to reduce noise, not a fault.

 

[leftisthominid]

It's actually not bad, most likely the card has the 'zero fan' cooling option, where the fans are turned off at idle or under light load and only turn on at about 60C, if you pop the side panel off, you'll probably see the fans are not running at idle, this is a design feature to reduce noise, not a fault.

This appears to be the case. Thanks!