[SOLVED] Why does my GPU get hot even when im not gaming.

[McGamer]

So for the past month or so my computer gets loud all of a sudden and after a while quiets down again and this happens throughout the use of the computer and happens pretty much any time i am using it. At first i thought it was the CPU so i started running some tests and found out that it was the graphics card. I took some readings using GPU-Z and both reading were done while i was watching Twitch or just general browsing of the internet, nothing that should be too GPU intensive. I'm just having a hard time figuring out as to why it would get so hot? I've had this PC for about a year and a half and have made no changes to the hardware. I always update the drivers whenever they are released as well and even dusted the computer after i started hearing the noise to see if it would help but i didn't. Has anyone ever experienced something like this?

PC SPECS:
EVGA GTX 1080
MSI Z270-A PRO MOBO
32GB RAM
I7-7700k
EVGA SuperNOVA 850W G3 PSU

The below readings were taken while just browsing the internet. Watching youtube videos here and there.

When the GPU is quiet. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀When the GPU is loud.

 

[CosmicDance]

These temperatures are perfectly fine as they are in Fahrenheit and not Celsius.

Andy

 

[LordVile]

So for the past month or so my computer gets loud all of a sudden and after a while quiets down again and this happens throughout the use of the computer and happens pretty much any time i am using it. At first i thought it was the CPU so i started running some tests and found out that it was the graphics card. I took some readings using GPU-Z and both reading were done while i was watching Twitch or just general browsing of the internet, nothing that should be too GPU intensive. I'm just having a hard time figuring out as to why it would get so hot? I've had this PC for about a year and a half and have made no changes to the hardware. I always update the drivers whenever they are released as well and even dusted the computer after i started hearing the noise to see if it would help but i didn't. Has anyone ever experienced something like this?

PC SPECS:
EVGA GTX 1080
MSI Z270-A PRO MOBO
32GB RAM
I7-7700k
EVGA SuperNOVA 850W G3 PSU

The below readings were taken while just browsing the internet. Watching youtube videos here and there.

When the GPU is quiet. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀When the GPU is loud.

Can you set it to Celsius so the rest of the world Knows what’s going on?

 

[McGamer]

Sorry LOL the first one is 39 c and the second pic is 46 c, its not bad but why does the fan ramp up to the point where i can actually notice the noise. Its never done that before and i'm sure its been at 46 c within the past year of use.

 

[Mitsosmux]

Make sure Nvidia's Shadow Play is not enabled. This will keep your gpu slightly occupied even on idle, waiting for you to record anything. Disable it