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Just got a new graphics card (Zotac GTX 980Ti Amp Extreme). Says this card requires 600w min and uses around 260w at full load. Ever since I got this card my power supply gets REALLY hot. I've never had it get this hot so I'm not really sure if this is okay.

My PSU is Corsair RM Series 750w and I'm running the above card with an i5 4690k. I'm not actually sure if the heat is coming from the power supply itself or if it's from the massive amount of heat that kicks out from this card.

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2 minutes ago, Koshigaya said:

Just got a new graphics card (Zotac GTX 980Ti Amp Extreme). Says this card requires 600w min and uses around 260w at full load. Ever since I got this card my power supply gets REALLY hot. I've never had it get this hot so I'm not really sure if this is okay.

My PSU is 750w and I'm running the above card with an i5 4690k. I'm not actually sure if the heat is coming from the power supply itself or if it's from the massive amount of heat that kicks out from this card.

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PSUs will get warm, and systems will get warm especially with a 260w GPU. Like how warm.

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Just now, Koshigaya said:

Sorry, forgot to include it. Corsair RM series 750w

It has a Zero RPM fan mode.  Plug in the Corsair Link cable and adjust the fan speed.

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10 minutes ago, Koshigaya said:

Ever since I got this card my power supply gets REALLY hot. I've never had it get this hot so I'm not really sure if this is okay.

How hot is hot? Is this being measured by software, or are you getting an external temperature reading?

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19 minutes ago, Koshigaya said:

Just got a new graphics card (Zotac GTX 980Ti Amp Extreme). Says this card requires 600w min and uses around 260w at full load. Ever since I got this card my power supply gets REALLY hot. I've never had it get this hot so I'm not really sure if this is okay.

My PSU is Corsair RM Series 750w and I'm running the above card with an i5 4690k. I'm not actually sure if the heat is coming from the power supply itself or if it's from the massive amount of heat that kicks out from this card.

Make sure fans on psu are moving,,, but you should put a thermometer above your power supply for a few minutes and tell us how hot it really is getting.

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17 minutes ago, Amazingasian said:

It has a Zero RPM fan mode.  Plug in the Corsair Link cable and adjust the fan speed.

Didn't come with a corsair link cable, I'll have to get one

 

10 minutes ago, TrifectaIII said:

How hot is hot? Is this being measured by software, or are you getting an external temperature reading?

 

I don't have any way to monitor is via software and I don't have an IR temp sensor, but by guesstimating I'd say it's around 75c~ maybe even a little more.

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1 minute ago, Koshigaya said:

Didn't come with a corsair link cable, I'll have to get one

 

 

I don't have any way to monitor is via software and I don't have an IR temp sensor, but by guesstimating I'd say it's around 75c~ maybe even a little more.

Then how the hell do you know it's hot? By touch? Never go by touch, it doesn't tell you anything because most safe operating temperatures for pc components feel blisteringly hot to human skin.

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3 minutes ago, TrifectaIII said:

Never go by touch, it doesn't tell you anything because most safe operating temperatures for pc components feel blisteringly hot to human skin.

She's right.  Don't think things are hot in your computer just by touching them.  You're gonna need an actual reading to justify whether it's hot or not. 

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2 minutes ago, Koshigaya said:

Alright, picked up an IR temperature reader and it's reading around 51c while the GPU's under full load

You're just fine then, nothing to worry about.

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