My graphics card seems to be melting

[ppolicherla91]

So i have had the 980ti classified for a while now and the card never really seemed to give me issues before I had it on air in my old phanteks luxe case, and I never had thermal issues at all. With the advent of coffee lake and a deal i found online for a corsair 380t I jumped at the chance to shrink my system massively and ease my stress when i had to move about a month ago. But the main thing that got me worried was that after i switched the system and got everything running I noticed that when running games on my ultrawide, like overwatch, the gpu would start to cry and reach the low 80's i think max was 84 celsius. I know that with itx systems this can be an issue which is why i threw a 200mm fan in the front to draw in more air. This hasn't worked and well the only thing that seems to work is that when I decide to play games I take of the side panel on the gpu side and it seems to work more or less fine.

 

Am I missing something or is this really just the nature of the beast I am dealing with?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

84 degrees max seems normal for a GPU.

[aezakmi]

That's ok for a 980Ti

Worry if you see it hitting 90-95

 

Edit: It's also normal for the card to choke or force the fans making noise since it has little air intake because of the weird mounting and the side panel being 1cm away from the fans, you can't compare a micro case to a full or mid tower where the mounting is horizontal and the card often has a lot of space between the fans and the bottom of the case

[SupaKomputa]

GPU won't melt at 100c. Most electronics metals will melt / reflow at 150c minimum.

 

Fix your airflow, ensure intake and exhaust air is flowing good.

Keep the GPU under 90-100 and you'll be fine.

[Jurrunio]

these cases are bound to have worse airflow, no matter how many fans you put in there, compared to a big case.

 

maybe try reapply the thermal paste?