Heat on GPU

[Proprietary]

I've been running some stress tests (furmark) and the shown temperature looks fine (50c). But when I reach down to feel the PCB, some components in the corners are burningly hot to touch. Should I worry about the damage?

[emosun]

your finger , isn't a thermometer

check the actual temperature of the components 

[Proprietary]

Do I use an actual thermometer...?

Should I worry about the temps of components besides the GPU core?

[Enderman]

24 minutes ago, Proprietary said:

Do I use an actual thermometer...?

Should I worry about the temps of components besides the GPU core?

You use software.....

[Cyracus]

23 minutes ago, Proprietary said:

Do I use an actual thermometer...?

Should I worry about the temps of components besides the GPU core?

You can get a infrared thermometer gun for like $10 that'll get you at least in the ball park. Caps and chokes temp matters, but they're usually rated for up to 120c or something like that, of course the cooler you keep them the better

[Proprietary]

what are caps and chokes temps?

[kevinisbeast707]

Your vrm temps should be fine until probably around 125C and they're probably well below that. If the gpu is reading at 50C then that is superb. What you need to remember is that 50C is 122 Fahrenheit which is above the 109-111 Fahrenheit required to start burning the skin. Every Fahrenheit above this roughly doubles the ease of getting a burn between 6 minutes and 6 seconds. Once above this temperature range, such as 160 Fahrenheit which is only 71C, you can get burned in under a second depending on the thickness of the skin in the area and age among other factors. So while parts of your gpu may feel like they are way too hot, they are designed to run at much higher temperatures than we are. Most processors nowadays are thermally capped at about 90-95C with some components going above this.