Asus GTX 970 Strix 63°C idle

[Van Der Shah]

Idle - 63°C

Full Load - 71°C

 

Why is it so hot when it's idle? When I crank up the fan speed to 100% it goes down to 46° from 63°

[Archangel1994]

Looks like you might have a bad cooler (bad mount or damaged or something like that)

[flibberdipper]

Do you have good airflow? Cuz... Those things are meant to run passive until 60C. @Darkman's stays under 30C most of the time, as I recall.

[Van Der Shah]

Do you have good airflow? Cuz... Those things are meant to run passive until 60C. @Darkman's stays under 30C most of the time, as I recall.

yeah i guess so, I'm using an Enthoo Pro with the two fans that comes ready with it

[TheRetiredSlave]

The Strix cards completely turn off their fans when it's idle. The result is that it will be completely noiseless, but it will let itself run a bit hotter as well.

 

It does not damage the card in any way to have it idle warm.

[Van Der Shah]

Looks like you might have a bad cooler (bad mount or damaged or something like that)

:OO How do you identify it?

[Zweihander]

Seems a little hot for an idle temp. 

[Darkman]

Do you have good airflow? Cuz... Those things are meant to run passive until 60C. @Darkman's stays under 30C most of the time, as I recall.

They run passive until 65C.

 

I think it is just a bad cooler... Mine idles from 29C-35C, but full load is 70C-71C.

[Van Der Shah]

The Strix cards completely turn off their fans when it's idle. The result is that it will be completely noiseless, but it will let itself run a bit hotter as well.

 

It does not damage the card in any way to have it idle warm.

Ohh yeahh...I remember that feature. But when it's hot/run it wouldn't burn or damage the card?

[Archangel1994]

:OO How do you identify it?

Well, you shouldn't be hitting 63C on idle for starters unless your case is total bollocks and ambients are high

[Enderman]

Looks like you might have a bad cooler (bad mount or damaged or something like that)

Do you have good airflow? Cuz... Those things are meant to run passive until 60C. @Darkman's stays under 30C most of the time, as I recall.

 

The 0 rpm fan mode on the strix turns off the fans at idle until the card reaches 65C

this is why it will be close to 65C at idle because its being passively cooled

if you disable the fan on any high end GPU it will just heat up a lot while idle because the heatsink is encased with a shroud and is getting no airflow.

[Van Der Shah]

They run passive until 65C.

 

I think it is just a bad cooler... Mine idles from 29C-35C, but full load is 70C-71C.

Hey bro, how come if we're using the same card, our temps are different? Is cooling a factor? Or do you leave the fan to be on when it's idle?

[Archangel1994]

this is why it will be close to 65C at idle

No, I've literally only seen sub 40C idles on the strix, this is not normal

[flibberdipper]

yeah i guess so, I'm using an Enthoo Pro with the two fans that comes ready with it

Ooooo, nice case. I can really just suggest getting more fans.

[Enderman]

No, I've literally only seen sub 40C idles on the strix, this is not normal

you only get sub 40C idle with the fans on

passively it gets to 65C

[Archangel1994]

you only get sub 40C idle with the fans on

passively it gets to 65C

I manually stopped all 3 fans of my G1 970 during idle and it did not exceed 35C

 

65C idle is not normal, even with passive

[Van Der Shah]

The 0 rpm fan mode on the strix turns off the fans at idle until the card reaches 65C

this is why it will be close to 65C at idle because its being passively cooled

if you disable the fan on any high end GPU it will just heat up a lot while idle because the heatsink is encased with a shroud and is getting no airflow.

 

 

No, I've literally only seen sub 40C idles on the strix, this is not normal

 

 

Ooooo, nice case. I can really just suggest getting more fans.

i just checked my GPU and only 1 of the 2 fans are running and the only thing i'm doing is surfing the web

[flibberdipper]

i just checked my GPU and only 1 of the 2 fans are running and the only thing i'm doing is surfing the web

Are you sure that both of the fans spin, like... Gaming?

[Van Der Shah]

I manually stopped all 3 fans of my G1 970 during idle and it did not exceed 35C

 

65C idle is not normal, even with passive

But I'm using a STRIX 

[Darkman]

Hey bro, how come if we're using the same card, our temps are different? Is cooling a factor? Or do you leave the fan to be on when it's idle?

I leave my fans off.. Like I said, the cooler is either damaged, defective, or improperly placed. It isn't the first time this has happened.

[Archangel1994]

But I'm using a STRIX 

Yeah, but if I stop all my fans manually (Actually physically preventing them from moving) then it's basically the same as the passive mode the strix has.

 

And my temps did not exceed 35C, 63C is not normal

[Van Der Shah]

Are you sure that both of the fans spin, like... Gaming?

It's spinnign at 28-29%

[TheRetiredSlave]

Ohh yeahh...I remember that feature. But when it's hot/run it wouldn't burn or damage the card?

 

It's designed to work like this. It does not do any damage.

 

My Strix 980 also generally sits around 60 °C most of the time.. 

 

No, I've literally only seen sub 40C idles on the strix, this is not normal

 

I think it depends on what you've been doing recently. If I boot up my PC from sitting overnight (and thus getting very cold), my Strix will stay close to 40 for a long time.. However, after playing games for a while (so both the card and the air inside the case would be hot) it will then start idling at 60.

[Van Der Shah]

Yeah, but if I stop all my fans manually (Actually physically preventing them from moving) then it's basically the same as the passive mode the strix has.

 

And my temps did not exceed 35C, 63C is not normal

 

 

I leave my fans off.. Like I said, the cooler is either damaged, defective, or improperly placed. It isn't the first time this has happened.

 

 

Are you sure that both of the fans spin, like... Gaming?

 

 

you only get sub 40C idle with the fans on

passively it gets to 65C

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/DZHNnQ

 

here you can see my case and the inside 

[flibberdipper]

It's spinnign at 28-29%

Crank them up a bit (maybe 40-50%) and see if both of them spin.