EVGA GTX 1060 6GB SSC fan curves

[justin2926]

What fan curve should I have on my evga gtx 1060 6gb ssc? I have an overclock of 75mhz on the core and 300mhz on the memory. I want a fan curve that will give me good temps and it doesn’t have to be really silent since I have headphones on.

[Zando_]

What are your temps right now? I usually set a pretty aggressive curve with the fans maxing once the card gets to 80C (I have an MSI Frozr cooled 980 Ti so it's not very loud and usually stays below 60 though).

[justin2926]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

What are your temps right now? I usually set a pretty aggressive curve with the fans maxing once the card gets to 80C (I have an MSI Frozr cooled 980 Ti so it's not very loud and usually stays below 60 though).

Actually, my temps aren’t that bad. Under full load, probably around 65-70c and idle is below 33c. All of this depends on the temperature of my room. If I have the air conditioner off, it’s usually higher. These are my current fan curves btw.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

What I do is zero-RPM until the card hits 50C, then it starts at 40% and goes up to 100% at 78C

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

What I do is zero-RPM until the card hits 50C, then it starts at 40% and goes up to 100% at 78C

^^^ Something like this is probs a good solution

 

[justin2926]

Just now, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

What I do is zero-RPM until the card hits 50C, then it starts at 40% and goes up to 100% at 78C

100% is pretty loud to me. It sounds like a jet engine. 40% at 50c won’t do much.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

^^^ Something like this is probs a good solution

 

Yeah, keeps the card silent until you hit it with a load, and even when gaming it only usually reaches about 60-70% fan speed 'cause I've got a fan blowing straight at it

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

1 minute ago, justin2926 said:

100% is pretty loud to me. It sounds like a jet engine. 40% at 50c won’t do much.

At 80C I'd be more worried about temps than noise, since 83C is when nVidia cards start to throttle

[justin2926]

Just now, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

Yeah, keeps the card silent until you hit it with a load, and even when gaming it only usually reaches about 60-70% fan speed 'cause I've got a fan blowing straight at it

50% is silent on my card. That’s why I have it at 30c.

[justin2926]

Just now, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

At 80C I'd be more worried about temps than noise, since 83C is when nVidia cards start to throttle

Mine never reaches over 80c. Over 80c, I’d be worried too.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

Just now, justin2926 said:

Mine never reaches over 80c. Over 80c, I’d be worried too.

Yeah, 3440*1440 at 75HZ framelimited to 60 in the lighter titles I play most of the time isn't that intensive for a 1080 Ti

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

At 80C I'd be more worried about temps than noise, since 83C is when nVidia cards start to throttle

Lol, my 980 Ti used to hit 83C. Now it doesn't go over 60 most times, IDK what I changed that fixed it. It's in an Enthoo Evolv too, so not the best airflow. And OP, you're pretty much fine with most hardware up to 80C. 40C is great, 60C is average, 80C is a little hot but your hardware should be fine, much above that is where you either start throttling or lowering the useful life of your hardware.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

With regards to your worries about noise if you're worried about noise you should add a case fan blowing at the video card; get a good one like a Noctua, BeQuiet SilentWings or Corsair ML Pro and it'll allow you to turn down your fan curves while maintaining temperatures

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

Lol, my 980 Ti used to hit 83C. Now it doesn't go over 60 most times, IDK what I changed that fixed it. It's in an Enthoo Evolv too, so not the best airflow. And OP, you're pretty much fine with most hardware up to 80C. 40C is great, 60C is average, 80C is a little hot but your hardware should be fine, much above that is where you either start throttling or lowering the useful life of your hardware.

My overclocked 8700K reaches 81C when under stress and around 68 when gaming

[justin2926]

1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

Lol, my 980 Ti used to hit 83C. Now it doesn't go over 60 most times, IDK what I changed that fixed it. It's in an Enthoo Evolv too, so not the best airflow. And OP, you're pretty much fine with most hardware up to 80C. 40C is great, 60C is average, 80C is a little hot but your hardware should be fine, much above that is where you either start throttling or lowering the useful life of your hardware.

My case also has bad airflow, it’s an InWin 301 but I have 2 bottom fans as intake and they’re about an inch away from the bottom of the gpu.

[Zando_]

4 minutes ago, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

My overclocked 8700K reaches 81C when under stress and around 68 when gaming

oof. My R7 2700X hits about 60 max so far, that's with the stock cooler.

3 minutes ago, justin2926 said:

My case also has bad airflow, it’s an InWin 301 but I have 2 bottom fans as intake and they’re about an inch away from the bottom of the gpu.

Usually the dope looking cases have pretty meh airflow, but at least for my Enthoo Evolv, it isn't as bad as everyone made it out to be. Plus I'll accept a bit higher temps for a beautiful looking PC.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

3 minutes ago, justin2926 said:

My case also has bad airflow, it’s an InWin 301 but I have 2 bottom fans as intake and they’re about an inch away from the bottom of the gpu.

Why not take off the cooler fans and replace with a pair of Noctua Industrials if you really want the best cooling performance

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

oof. My R7 2700X hits about 60 max so far, that's with the stock cooler.

Usually the dope looking cases have pretty meh airflow, but at least for my Enthoo Evolv, it isn't as bad as everyone made it out to be. Plus I'll accept a bit higher temps for a beautiful looking PC.

5.1GhZ without delidding though

[justin2926]

1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

oof. My R7 2700X hits about 60 max so far, that's with the stock cooler.

Usually the dope looking cases have pretty meh airflow, but at least for my Enthoo Evolv, it isn't as bad as everyone made it out to be. Plus I'll accept a bit higher temps for a beautiful looking PC.

Haha true... 

[TVwazhere]

I personally set my curve to 0% @0ºC up to about 30% @ 60ºC, then ramp up to about 40% @70ºC, then crank it to get to about 90% @85ºC (GTX970) 

 

The card rarely goes above 72ºC. I've applied this same philosophy to my friend's Asus Dual 1060 and it also was at 72ºC with about 42% fan speed. It was very partially audiable in a very quiet room but nothing loud

[justin2926]

3 minutes ago, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

Why not take off the cooler fans and replace with a pair of Noctua Industrials if you really want the best cooling performance

My case doesn’t come with fans. I bought my own. They’re the Thermaltake Riing 12 RGB and they’re static pressure fans.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

Just now, justin2926 said:

My case doesn’t come with fans. I bought my own.

No, what I'm saying is remove your video card, take off the fans from the cooler and replace them with a pair of 120mm Noctua Industrials, EK Vardars, or whatever else

 

Something like this

 

 

[justin2926]

Just now, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

No, what I'm saying is remove your video card, take off the fans from the cooler and replace them with a pair of 120mm Noctua Industrials, EK Vardars, or whatever else

 

Something like this

 

 

Oh sorry I misunderstood you there, I thought you said case fans.

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

5.1GhZ without delidding though

Hecc. I could've got one but I decided on Ryzen because it was a bit cheaper (I'd have to get a cooler if I wanted an 8700K).

 

2 minutes ago, justin2926 said:

Haha true...

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Dang that's a nice looking rig, especially the GPU. EVGA does a very good job of making them look really nice. And I assume that's an R5 for the CPU?

[justin2926]

2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Hecc. I could've got one but I decided on Ryzen because it was a bit cheaper (I'd have to get a cooler if I wanted an 8700K).

 

Dang that's a nice looking rig, especially the GPU. EVGA does a very good job of making them look really nice. And I assume that's an R5 for the CPU?

Yeah, it’s an R5 1600 OC @ 3.8GHz 1.2 volts. Cable management on the case is not the best. Probably gonna pick up cable extensions in the future. I like the text on the card, that’s why I went with EVGA.