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Upgraded CPU, GPU is hotter

Solidsoul88
By Solidsoul88
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Had an i5 6700, upgraded to i7 8600.

My GTX 1060 used to average 65% at 50-60 degrees Celsius.

My i5 6700 averaged 85% at 60-70 degrees Celsius.

 

After installing i7 8600, it averages 30-35% at 65-75 degrees Celcius.

And now my GTX 1060 averages 90-99% at 70-80 degrees Celcius. <-- I am enjoying more frames but is this bad? (I am not gonna upgrade it for a bit, waiting for GPU prices to drop)

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3 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

no, the GPU is simply working more due to it not being constrained by the CPU.

 

also your case might have bad ventilation

well that and the cpu adding more heat to the case can cause other components to get hotter due to more heat in the case and it depends how the if the cpu air is getting routed through the gpu after wards since most gpus exhaust out so they tend to pull air in from the cpu 

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Just now, Alaradia said:

well that and the cpu adding more heat to the case can cause other components to get hotter due to more heat in the case and it depends how the if the cpu air is getting routed through the gpu after wards since most gpus exhaust out so they tend to pull air in from the cpu 

in other words........

 

a badly ventilated case.......

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1 minute ago, Alaradia said:

lol no a normal ventilated case even if its in a open bench some of the air tends to flow from the cpu heat sink into the gpu intake 

except a single pass through the heatsink isnt that bad. its when the air gets time to heat up you start getting increased temps on the CPU.

 

a badly ventilated case as quite a bit higher temps than a well ventilated case. the way the airflow goes is largely irrelevant as lont as you get a new supply of fresh air to the entire case

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are you using 3rd party software such as msi afterburner etc to control the fan speed of your graphics card? if you're not then i'd highly recommend it so you can turn the cards fan speed up. 70-80c won't overheat your card. my maxwell can max at 92c before it begins downclocking, fucking up etc so im sure the 1060 has around the same safe temperature threshold. however, constantly hitting 80c will eat away at the thermal compound faster and will degrade the overall life of your card, in theory. the thermal compound part is totally true but the life of your card is always ballpark.

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ok. now i have some questions for you.

 

1. do you have enough room in your case for a large cpu cooler and is price an issue for you? i'd recommend this guy to cool your cpu https://www.pccasegear.com/products/27666/noctua-nh-d15-cpu-cooler it will literally last a lifetime. i've had nothing but good experience wiith noctua, they're just kind of ugly coolers lol but they're top tier in my opinion.

 

2. you didn't happen to buy a founders edition 1060 did u? the one that only has 1 fan? if you id then i'd highly recommend swapping the cooler it has for a 3rd party one with 2 or more fans. if your card has more than 2 fans then i'd suggest cranking the fans up in afterburner as loud as u can stand them, possibly replace the thermal compound (at least check on it) and add some case fans ro replace your current ones for better fans

 

i don't think a 1060 should be running that hot honestly. it's not a flagship card

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1. My case is a mid tower, and i have micro atx motherboard. I honestly dont know if it would fit, the case is big enough for full atx, but idk if the motherboard will fit the noctua.

 

2. My asus 1060 has 3 fans.

 

You are talking about thermal compound when talking about my graphics card, do you mean the thermal compound in my cpu??

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if you are using a stock cooler for an 8 series i7. That chip is probably running hotter than your old i5. Its probably causing high ambient temps in your case. Thus your GPU is having to try harder to stay cool. if you set up a more aggressive fan curve that should solve your issue. You could also invest in a decent CPU cooler. 

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