GTX 1060 Making my AMD A8-6500 run hot

[Redbeard22]

my son is building a gaming computer and purchased a GTX 1060 video card, evga 500w power source and installed it into an older HP Pavillion with a A8-6500. Any activity at all including just using the mouse it pegs the temp. He downloaded MSI After burner to cool the graphics card and it did not help. Ant suggestion? Can the A8-6500 handle the GT 1060 card? or does he need a new processor?

 

Thanks 

[Jurrunio]

remove the side panel of the case, I suspect poor airflow.

[Godlygamer23]

What did your son do after installing MSI Afterburner? Installing it by itself will do nothing as it's designed for monitoring different system elements, changing clock speeds, and fan speeds of your graphics card.

Edited January 7, 2019 by Godlygamer23
Read too quickly.

[Crunchy Dragon]

Aside from the above two responses, I would also recommend that your son saves up some cash and upgrades that system to a Ryzen 3 or 5 with a compatible motherboard and memory.

 

This doesn't have to be done soon, but I wouldn't recommend sticking with the A8 too much longer.

[AlphaHelix]

Inherently, if the graphics card is blowing heated air into the case and not out the back, the temps will rise. If your model is like that (since there are so many 1060s and its hard to know what you have without more info), then poor heat removal is expected.

 

My recommendation is to check your intake and exhaust fans of the case to make sure air is flowing. Also, don't put the case in an enclosed space or back against a wall, this seems to be an issue with people trying to make their setup look pretty. Looks ok, heat isn't being removed though. As Jurrunio pointed out, you can open the case if there is no air flow.

 

As always, you can upgrade cooling, within limitations of the case and power provided. If that is beyond the scope of your or your sons knowledge with PC hardware, stick to improving air flow.

[AlphaHelix]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

I wouldn't recommend sticking with the A8 too much longer

I wouldn't recommend keeping it now, as the dual-module design will likely drag down the 1060 in most games. Unfortunate yes, but its the truth.

[RAM555789]

Could be poor air flow, bad contact with the cooler, bad thermal paste, or a number of other things. Even once you fix the thermal issue the A8-6500 will not keep up very well with a 1060 6GB

[Redbeard22]

5 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

What did your friend do after installing MSI Afterburner? Installing it by itself will do nothing as it's designed for monitoring different system elements, changing clock speeds, and fan speeds of your graphics card.

my son increased the fan speed on the GPU 

[Redbeard22]

9 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

remove the side panel of the case, I suspect poor airflow.

I will have him try that and see what happens

[AlphaHelix]

2 minutes ago, Redbeard22 said:

my son increased the fan speed on the GPU 

If its dumping air into the case and not out the back, this won't do anything but increase case temps. Would likely increase CPU temps.

[Redbeard22]

5 minutes ago, RAM555789 said:

Could be poor air flow, bad contact with the cooler, bad thermal paste, or a number of other things. Even once you fix the thermal issue the A8-6500 will not keep up very well with a 1060 6GB

he bought a gaming case with decent air flow, I didnt think the A8 would be able to keep up. hes going top have to use a few more bucks of his Christmas money and get a R3 or R5

[Redbeard22]

2 minutes ago, AlphaHelix said:

If its dumping air into the case and not out the back, this won't do anything but increase case temps. Would likely increase CPU temps.

ahhh ok I will tell him

[Redbeard22]

14 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Aside from the above two responses, I would also recommend that your son saves up some cash and upgrades that system to a Ryzen 3 or 5 with a compatible motherboard and memory.

 

This doesn't have to be done soon, but I wouldn't recommend sticking with the A8 too much longer.

THANK YOU

[Redbeard22]

29 minutes ago, AlphaHelix said:

I wouldn't recommend keeping it now, as the dual-module design will likely drag down the 1060 in most games. Unfortunate yes, but its the truth.

GOTCHA THANKS, HES LOOKING AT A RYZEN 3 NOW ON AMAZON...LOL

[Daniel644]

43 minutes ago, Redbeard22 said:

he bought a gaming case with decent air flow, I didnt think the A8 would be able to keep up. hes going top have to use a few more bucks of his Christmas money and get a R3 or R5

Hold out for another couple days, word is AMD is announcing the next gen Ryzen on Wednesday at CES. which based on rumors is gonna be a big step up performance wise.

[Redbeard22]

3 minutes ago, Daniel644 said:

Hold out for another couple days, word is AMD is announcing the next gen Ryzen on Wednesday at CES. which based on rumors is gonna be a big step up performance wise.

sweet! Thanks

[Godlygamer23]

3 hours ago, Redbeard22 said:

my son increased the fan speed on the GPU 

Didn't even see that you were talking about your son(read too quickly). I corrected my post. Sorry about that.

 

As mentioned, if you don't have enough airflow, increasing the fan speed on the graphics card won't really do anything - it might allow the card to run cooler, but if you don't have enough airflow, it's just going to become a hotbox, and the temperatures of your other components(and perhaps the graphics card too), will increase.