Rog strix 1060 6g overheating

[raybwolf]

Hello, i have the rog strix gtx 1060 6g for a year and a half, in the last 2 month i see my card overheating drastically, it was in the 85 max, now it's up to 95 and even 101 and more(on hotspot), the card is in the 55 to 60 when resting with the side panel off and reaching 98 with the panel off, and I'm not talking about a hard to run game, even in CS GO i see 98c and the card starting spinning the fans like crazy..

I did overclock but nothing crazy, i did core clock +200 and memory +500, core voltage +30% and power limit max at 116, even if i turn the overclock off the card still over heating

It was ok for more then a year, not running a lot and when i did it was for max 4 hours (mostly cs, little bit doom eternal gta v and other)

Playing on 1080p mid low setting'

 

What can i do to fix it?, Thinking about opening it and replace the thermal paste but I'm not sure it will help, today I'm going to clean it with a brush and leaf blower (not having air canned and it's work wonderful untill now)

Is there something else i can do?, Can it be a problem with the driver's?

 

 

Picture without OC

 

[WhitetailAni]

Check for dust, make sure it's mounted correctly (not tilted to one side), and also open it up to check the thermal paste. Missing thermal paste or bad contact with GPU dies (because they're bare dies) is everything when it comes to cooling GPUs.

[raybwolf]

9 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Check for dust, make sure it's mounted correctly (not tilted to one side), and also open it up to check the thermal paste. Missing thermal paste or bad contact with GPU dies (because they're bare dies) is everything when it comes to cooling GPUs.

I cant believe it.., you right with the mounted correctly.., i bought a gpu holder thingy to help reducing the tilt and now it's in the 75c..., I didn't think about that maybe the cause for the trouble.., is there a correct way for using it?!

[raybwolf]

10 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Check for dust, make sure it's mounted correctly (not tilted to one side), and also open it up to check the thermal paste. Missing thermal paste or bad contact with GPU dies (because they're bare dies) is everything when it comes to cooling GPUs.

 

[Jurrunio]

by "tilt", you mean sag? 

 

[raybwolf]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

by "tilt", you mean sag? 

 

Yea..

I can't believe that this thing did all of this..

I tried to fix a problem and create a new one

 

And i know it's kind of dusty, I'm cleaning every 6 month's