3080ti... Dying?

[Voxmasher]

So as I was casually playing PoE2 my GPU started making this sound, almost like a fan being stuck, or like an engine. I started by looking to see if a fan was in fact stuck but nope, all good, all three spinning.

Turned off the computer and removed the GPU to try and manually spin the fans. No issues or weirdness.

 

My question now is: Is it worth it to open up and see if it's a thermalpad issue or is it something hardware related and just a dying sound? And if so... Should I get something cheap/secondhand and wait for the next gen or start looking at the current gen?

 

The GPU itself is an ASUS TUF 3080ti that's been with me for a couple of years. Been running on both watercooling and for the past year or so on its stock cooler with new thermalpads

[Average Nerd]

Might be a worn fan bearing. My 1080 had a fan bearing fail a few weeks ago, it made similar noises as you describe.

The fan will still work, but it's gonna be noisy until it finally gives up entirely.

[Voxmasher]

2 minutes ago, Average Nerd said:

Might be a worn fan bearing. My 1080 had a fan bearing fail a few weeks ago, it made similar noises as you describe.

The fan will still work, but it's gonna be noisy until it finally gives up entirely.

Hmm... I was sort of thinking that, but I figured I'd hear it while spinning the fans manually.

I'll remove the fans and check after all. Worst case scenario I'll remove one or two, there are three fans under the GPU as well so I can just up their RPM a bit to help out haha

[Average Nerd]

1 minute ago, Voxmasher said:

was sort of thinking that, but I figured I'd hear it while spinning the fans manually.

Often the noise only shows itself at higher speeds.

You can always remove the shroud and zip tie fans directly to the cooler if necessary

[Voxmasher]

3 minutes ago, Average Nerd said:

Often the noise only shows itself at higher speeds.

You can always remove the shroud and zip tie fans directly to the cooler if necessary

It was the bearing of the middle fan after all... I guess I didn't check them enough to really make sure.

 

Thanks for the idea and help!