Graphics card idle temp

[Joseph0419]

Hi guys. Thanks for stopping by. 

I bought a second hand 1070 mini and it's kinda dusty. Just I would say the typical graphics card that's been used for 6 months and not cleaned.

I've tried cleaning it but there's only so much I can do. my GPU idles at around 50c I feel like its too high for the card. Is that normal?

 

[Slottr]

50 is fine

[Joseph0419]

Just now, Slottr said:

50 is fine

it that normal for the card or is it because its slighty dusty? i cant really find any idle temps online

 

[MrShinny]

Just now, Slottr said:

50 is fine

That's too old for me

 

/s

It's fine, but run a stress test on it, like AIDA 64, etc to see how high it will go after 20-30 minutes.

[AskTJ]

The card is small and the cooling will be worse than other options. 50c is fine. Load temps are what you have to worry about.

[wojtepanik]

my gtx970 strix is running fanless up to 60 degrees, so on idle it runs hot, but never exceeds 70 degrees when stressed, I force it to run 60% fan speed all the time to make it cooler, maybe to increase lifespan, but it isn't loud at all

[Mira Yurizaki]

Does the card have a fanless mode? By default, my card doesn't turn the fans on until it gets above 55C or so.

[WereCatf]

15 minutes ago, Joseph0419 said:

I've tried cleaning it but there's only so much I can do

Compressed air in a can should be more than enough for cleaning, just blow the air from multiple angles, especially from the side on the heatsink-fins, so the dust comes out from the other side or from the top.

[Wh0_Am_1]

15 minutes ago, Joseph0419 said:

Hi guys. Thanks for stopping by. 

I bought a second hand 1070 mini and it's kinda dusty. Just I would say the typical graphics card that's been used for 6 months and not cleaned.

I've tried cleaning it but there's only so much I can do. my GPU idles at around 50c I feel like its too high for the card. Is that normal?

 

Most cards Idle 5-6C above ambient temps, and 50 is fine for a card (as long as it stays below 95c on regular basis), but you might want to clean out any dust with an air can if it is present, to extend the life of your card.

[Professor Dingledore]

By comparison my full-size 1070 is idling at 45°C. 50° does't seem bad at all for the mini variant. Is it in an sff case of some sort? That can also affect temps.

[Joseph0419]

25 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Does the card have a fanless mode? By default, my card doesn't turn the card the fans on until it gets above 55C or so.

yeah it does. that fan only spins when its above 60 

 

 

 

[Mira Yurizaki]

Just to add. If I let my card run in partial fanless mode, it will idle at 50C. If I launch EVGA Precision where I a custom fan profile set so the fan is on all the time, but at the lowest speed at temperatures lower than around 45C, idle temps drop to about 35C.

[WereCatf]

A PC-case's airflow does have quite a big impact on the temps of everything inside. I have a GTX1080 that idles at ~35C with its own fans off, but that's because I chose to go with a case with good airflow and I tried to route all the cables inside so that they wouldn't be blocking the cool air from reaching everything.

[Joseph0419]

21 hours ago, Professor Dingledore said:

By comparison my full-size 1070 is idling at 45°C. 50° does't seem bad at all for the mini variant. Is it in an sff case of some sort? That can also affect temps.

yeah its a mini itx! thanks for ur reply