GPU Overheating

[burnside336]

Set up a new computer made up of old parts I had. Everything is fine in the system except for the GPU 

The GPU keeps overheating whenever I try to play a game or run a benchmark. 

I've applied new thermal paste and even taken the whole cooling shroud apart and cleaned out the heatsink and fan.

The GPU still throws itself up over the the heat threshold and crashes the system.   

Reference EVGA GTX 780 (Blower style)
https://www.evga.com/products/specs/gpu.aspx?pn=3b81d7e2-830d-43cc-8fee-d15f2ab43767

 

[SlicerZrT]

Have you checked if the fan is actually turning, it could be a dead fan and are you applying any form of overclocking? 

[KING OF THE DIRTY DANS]

Download some software like MSI afterburner, to crank up the speed of the fan.

 

That will show if it works

[burnside336]

11 minutes ago, SlicerZrT said:

Have you checked if the fan is actually turning, it could be a dead fan and are you applying any form of overclocking? 

Yep, the fan is functioning and I do not have an overclock on the card.  

[SlicerZrT]

37 minutes ago, KING OF THE DIRTY DANS said:

Download some software like MSI afterburner, to crank up the speed of the fan.

 

That will show if it works

 

34 minutes ago, burnside336 said:

Yep, the fan is functioning and I do not have an overclock on the card.  

Try cranking the fan to 100% and then check the Temps with a benchmark. 

Otherwise I'm all out of ideas, my gpu doesn't even hit 60c with the fans at 34%, but that's because of the twin frozr. 

[SlicerZrT]

Also, ensure that there is adequate airflow. I did some testing with a AMD phenom and the idle temp was 82c, but after I added some case fans the temps dropped to 47c idle, I can confidently say that good airflow helps with managing temps.