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klaciduno
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Hi everyone!

 

So I got a Saphire toxic R9 280x for christmas and built myself a new rig two weeks ago.

I was looking at the temperature and noticed it always beeing at about 43C at idle and close to 70 at load.

I kind of thought it was a bit high and looked it up and on all the reviews I foung the idle temp is around 27-30C!

 

So what could be the problem with mine?

Do I just have bad luck or could it be because of bad thermal paste?

As well: What could I do to fix it?

 

Thanks in advance

Klaciduno

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Probably very unlucky with the chip you've got there. 

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As long as the temperatures don't go to high you should be fine.

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hmmm my 270x toxic is ~25 degrees idle and TOPS ~50 degrees when under full load, at a room temperature of 20-22 degrees

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so my ambient temp shouldn't be to high since my h100i never goes over 40C (even under load (not overclocked yet))

I got the corsair carbide 500r, with the side window fan in place

I plan on doing the side panel window mod and replacing the stock fans

also it doesn't matter if I crank the fans up completly or not, the idle temps don't really change

 

I know I should be fine, but I just thought its a bit high for how huge the cooler is and how much different it is from all the reviews

 

actually my room temp is 23C at the moment and the card is 43C

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70 at load is good. most reviews are made with the card out on an open air test bench. I guess it explains why they get better temps

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ambient temps? case? air flow? 

as stated above:

23C atm

corsair carbide 500r

stock fans + 2 from the h100i atm

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as stated above:

23C atm

corsair carbide 500r

stock fans + 2 from the h100i atm

get a bottom intake, that might cool down the card a bit

and if it doesn't, well, you could always unplug it ;p

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get a bottom intake, that might cool down the card a bit

and if it doesn't, well, you could always unplug it ;p

 

Yeah I'm planning to do that anyways, but shouldn't the side panel fan cool it down anyways for now?

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So basically it's bad luck and I should try and get better airflow?

couldn't it be the thermal paste or something else?

Is there really nothing else I could try?

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I think your temps are ok. My Vapor-X idles about 41-43 when overclocked (ran 1170/1650 for a few months, but I'm experimenting with 1200/1650 right now). I've never seen higher than 65c under load but my case has pretty good air flow (200mm side intake aimed in the card's general direction, and 140mm mounted behind the drive cages aimed in its general direction). And I switch over to a custom fan profile via Afterburner when gaming.

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What are the ambient temps?

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You can set the fan speed at idle to 30 or 35% and try replacing the TIM too. Sometimes it get's put on there very sloppily.

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I think your temps are ok. My Vapor-X idles about 41-43 when overclocked (ran 1170/1650 for a few months, but I'm experimenting with 1200/1650 right now). I've never seen higher than 65c under load but my case has pretty good air flow (200mm side intake aimed in the card's general direction, and 140mm mounted behind the drive cages aimed in its general direction). And I switch over to a custom fan profile via Afterburner when gaming.

If I had overclocked it I would be okay with it as well, but I haven't done that yet and thought it might be a bit hot considering that the review ones run 10 - 15 degrees cooler

 

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usually around 20 - 25 degrees

 

You can set the fan speed at idle to 30 or 35% and try replacing the TIM too. Sometimes it get's put on there very sloppily.

Yes I know, but I would still like it to be quiet enough so I can't hear it (atleast when idle).

I will try and replace the thermal paste anyways, since I want to paint the shroud red (got a red and black theme)

 

Thanks anyways for the tips. I'll report back when I changed the thermal paste and completed my mod.

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