geforce rtx3060 ti My RTX 3060 Ti reaches 87°C in 3-5 min of gaming and gets really loud

[suff]

Hello!

I bought a pre-built PC from Uniway Canada (Winter 2024-2025) and I'm experiencing very high GPU temperatures and noise.

Even with low graphics settings and a 90 FPS cap in games like Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (all games do this), the GPU reaches 87 °C within 3-5 minutes. The fan speed reaches 98-100% and the temperature doesn't go down until I exit the game.

In idle or watching YouTube, the GPU stays at 36-38 °C, which seems normal.

But in game, it's very loud and hot.

My PC specs:

• GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3060 Ti VISION OC 8G 2.0
• CPU: Intel Core i5-12600KF
• Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z690-P D4
• RAM: 16GB DDR4
• SSD: Kingston SNV2S1000G (1TB)
• OS: Windows 11 Pro x64
• Cooler: AIO liquid cooling (white, photo attached, don't know brand)
• Case fans: 7 total (3 AIO + 4 case fans)
• Case airflow: front intake, rear and top exhaust (default setting)

Additional info:

1. I used MSI Afterburner and HWiNFO to monitor fan temperatures/speeds.
2. I haven't changed any hardware, thermal paste, or opened up the GPU.
3. I'm not overclocking anything.
4. The GPU fans spin fast, but the temps don't drop unless the game is closed.
5. The top of the case isn't warm, the back is warm, and there's cold air coming out of the bottom.
6. Is this expected behavior for this card or does this look like a cooling issue?

Any advice would be appreciated!

[leclod]

When the card gets so warm it's normal the fans ramp up.

How is the airflow in your case ? does the gpu get fresh air (difficult to check) ?

Do all the gpu fans turn ?

One thing that would help is undervolting, same performance from less power and it's easy.

Another quick thing to do, take the gpu out and blow on it through the fan blades, there should be dust escaping.

5 hours ago, suff said:

1.  and there's cold air coming out of the bottom.

What ? bottom under the gpu should be intake not exhaust (if anything).

Your AIO is intake at the front, right ? A better picture would be helpful.

Edited May 14 by leclod

[kitnoman]

Just to confirm, this is happening from the time you bought it? And is this new or pre-owned?

if it's pre-owned, the gpu might need some to be repaste. If it's new, it might be a manufacture flaw, like thermal pads or heatsink doesn't have contact and that's why it doesn't cool the gpu when there's load. This can also happen when it's pre-owned/used and the gpu was cleaned but wasn't assembled correctly.

[Ha-Satan]

5 hours ago, kitnoman said:

Just to confirm, this is happening from the time you bought it? And is this new or pre-owned?

if it's pre-owned, the gpu might need some to be repaste. If it's new, it might be a manufacture flaw, like thermal pads or heatsink doesn't have contact and that's why it doesn't cool the gpu when there's load. This can also happen when it's pre-owned/used and the gpu was cleaned but wasn't assembled correctly.

Yeah, even if it's new, I'd still re-paste it and check the pads just to be sure.

[Mark Kaine]

That's interesting I have a 3070 vision OC, it's very cool, 60-70c on average while playing games etc...  imo it's your AIO and other components cutting off airflow, starving the poor thing.  DTTS had the same problem with his 3080 FTW and an AIO...

 

 

So get better airflow in your case if you actually care about temps, maybe a nice phantom spirit cooler to start things off?

 

And I agree with others, repasting couldn't hurt, sometimes thermal interface just isn't good from factory...

[suff]

22 hours ago, leclod said:

When the card gets so warm it's normal the fans ramp up.

How is the airflow in your case ? does the gpu get fresh air (difficult to check) ?

Do all the gpu fans turn ?

One thing that would help is undervolting, same performance from less power and it's easy.

Another quick thing to do, take the gpu out and blow on it through the fan blades, there should be dust escaping.

What ? bottom under the gpu should be intake not exhaust (if anything).

Your AIO is intake at the front, right ? A better picture would be helpful.

Hello, I am answering your questions and also provided good photos.
Yes, all the fans rotate the GPU in the game, but for some reason the video card still makes a sound as if it will explode. I also want to add that when I was playing and wanted to ignore this noise (on purpose), my screen went out after a while (black). About the noise, I am simply explaining how it is heard, you are sitting in the game (just in the lobby) and your video card starts to accelerate in such a short time (a minute), and of course the noise occurs. This is just an explanation

[suff]

21 hours ago, kitnoman said:

Just to confirm, this is happening from the time you bought it? And is this new or pre-owned?

if it's pre-owned, the gpu might need some to be repaste. If it's new, it might be a manufacture flaw, like thermal pads or heatsink doesn't have contact and that's why it doesn't cool the gpu when there's load. This can also happen when it's pre-owned/used and the gpu was cleaned but wasn't assembled correctly.

I bought a ready-made assembly from the store, everything is possible

[leclod]

3 hours ago, suff said:

I bought a ready-made assembly from the store, everything is possible

Your turning fans all look the same so I can't tell if they are intake or exhaust.

If you stop your desktop , the fans stopped, we could tell.

If bottom fans and side fans are intake as they usually are, I wonder where all that air is exiting.

Edited May 15 by leclod

[Mark Kaine]

12 hours ago, leclod said:

I wonder where all that air is exiting.

NOTHING exits a fishtank.