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3pok
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So my friend has a Sapphire Tri-X R9 390X and his gpu broke 1 year ago and he bought a another one but it broke as well and now he needs one for now for games such as 

cs2 

Fortnite 

and more.

And we where thinking should we try it again and see if it works .I installed it and it posted and i installed drivers and it worked passed benchmarks and seemed good. Until  we were testing Fortnite for 2 hours and then it just was a black screen last things what i saw were 62c on the gpu and 55 on cpu 100%gpu usage and 96% on Cpu .And then there was just a black screen and nothing no sound or nothing. Then restarted the pc and it was crashing about 15-20min i thought it was a thermal issue bc the fan curve was nuts it was idling at 51c and 60% fan speed but when i googled the tdp of the r9 390x it was 250w so i was thinking it was fine  for the fan curve. And when i got it to the login screen then i logged in and underclocked the Gpu and put a Msi Kombuster at 720p high settings and seemed fine .And the next day my friend told the pc was working but when he was playing Fortnite it crashed. So now i was thinking with my friend should we try repasting the card bc the card was made in 2015 maybe the thermal paste was dried up and just thermal throttling and crashed but the clock speeds stable and everything was working so there is nothing to lose if the thermal paste doesnt do anything then my friend is gonna sell it or just throw it away. I am going to his place this Sunday so i can give more infomation.

 

My friends pc specs 

 

Intel i5 6600k  overclocked to 4.6ghz stable 

Asrock z170 extreme6

 

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16gb of coresair ram at 2400mhz cl16 

noctiva cooler of some sorts 

 

seasonic 650w powersuppliy

 

kingsten m.2 500gb some m.2 ssd 

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20 minutes ago, 3pok said:

So my friend has a Sapphire Tri-X R9 390X and his gpu broke 1 year ago and he bought a another one but it broke as well and now he needs one for now for games such as 

cs2 

Fortnite 

and more.

And we where thinking should we try it again and see if it works .I installed it and it posted and i installed drivers and it worked passed benchmarks and seemed good. Until  we were testing Fortnite for 2 hours and then it just was a black screen last things what i saw were 62c on the gpu and 55 on cpu 100%gpu usage and 96% on Cpu .And then there was just a black screen and nothing no sound or nothing. Then restarted the pc and it was crashing about 15-20min i thought it was a thermal issue bc the fan curve was nuts it was idling at 51c and 60% fan speed but when i googled the tdp of the r9 390x it was 250w so i was thinking it was fine  for the fan curve. And when i got it to the login screen then i logged in and underclocked the Gpu and put a Msi Kombuster at 720p high settings and seemed fine .And the next day my friend told the pc was working but when he was playing Fortnite it crashed. So now i was thinking with my friend should we try repasting the card bc the card was made in 2015 maybe the thermal paste was dried up and just thermal throttling and crashed but the clock speeds stable and everything was working so there is nothing to lose if the thermal paste doesnt do anything then my friend is gonna sell it or just throw it away. I am going to his place this Sunday so i can give more infomation.

 

My friends pc specs 

 

Intel i5 6600k  overclocked to 4.6ghz stable 

Asrock z170 extreme6

 

image.thumb.png.df8866aae1c8c1b092be7015102fbb8c.png image.png.6751e4178af016f202a336e43bfd7a7f.png

 

16gb of coresair ram at 2400mhz cl16 

noctiva cooler of some sorts 

 

seasonic 650w powersuppliy

 

kingsten m.2 500gb some m.2 ssd 

You could try replacing the pads/ paste, but have you checked to verify if that card meets the recommended specs for the games your friend plays?

I've been using computers since around 1978, started learning programming in 1980 on Apple IIs, started learning about hardware in 1990, ran a BBS from 1990-95, built my first Windows PC around 2000, taught myself malware removal starting in 2005 (also learned on Bleeping Computer), learned web dev starting in 2017, and I think I can fill a thimble with all that knowledge. 😉 I'm not an expert, which is why I keep investigating the answers that others give to try and improve my knowledge, so feel free to double-check the advice I give.

My phone's auto-correct is named Otto Rong.🤪😂

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2 hours ago, RevGAM said:

You could try replacing the pads/ paste, but have you checked to verify if that card meets the recommended specs for the games your friend plays?

Yes everything is fine 1080p low settings 150+ fps in fortnite it works but just crashes.

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Update so i changed the thermal paste and the gpu doesnt crash as much now i can play at least 2 hours and then crash sometimes the fans just ramp up and then nothing but the thermal paste did something.

 

 Thermalpaste: Arctic MX-4

 

here are some pictures when i opened the gpu 

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I would've gone with MX-6, Honeywell,  Thermal Grizzly or another newer TIM... better results. 

I've been using computers since around 1978, started learning programming in 1980 on Apple IIs, started learning about hardware in 1990, ran a BBS from 1990-95, built my first Windows PC around 2000, taught myself malware removal starting in 2005 (also learned on Bleeping Computer), learned web dev starting in 2017, and I think I can fill a thimble with all that knowledge. 😉 I'm not an expert, which is why I keep investigating the answers that others give to try and improve my knowledge, so feel free to double-check the advice I give.

My phone's auto-correct is named Otto Rong.🤪😂

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