So, I have built a new Ryzen 5 based gaming/productivity system a month and a half ago. Here are my components:
AMD Ryzen 5 1600,
ASUS Strix B350-f gaming,
2x8GB GskillTrident Z RGB RAM 3000 MHz @2666 MHz
Zotac Geforce GTX 1060 6GB,
Seasonic M12ii520,
Samsung evo 750 250GB SSD,
WD Blue 500GB SSD,
1TB Hitachi HDD
Coolermaster masterbox lite 5 RGB
LG 24 inch freesync monitor @75 Hz
The issue is when I play some games on highest settings at 1080p (e.g. advanced warfare single player campaign), my GPU temps reach 83 degrees celsius which makes it throttle down which results in micro stutters. I have monitored this with MSI afterburner in which I can see in real time this phenomenon.
This doesnt happen in stress testing. Prime95 ran fine for 6 hours with the peak CPU temps of 76. Unigine benchmark ran at highest settings with 76 degrees at max for the GPU. Also, it doesnt happen in games such as paladins or wolfenstein but it does happen with e.g. elder scrolls online. Fully cranked up GTA V results in a maximum of 78 degrees on GPU and 66 on CPU. I get above 75 FPS in all these games at all times for reference (except in GTA V). But after playing COD AW and ESO for 15 20 minutes, micro stutters would start every 3 minutes or so during which the GPU temps go down to about 78 due to throttling and then start increasing till they reach 83 and it continues. I live in Bangalore, and I dont use any air conditioning right now. Room temps are well below 25 as I have a well ventilated house and the window is pretty close to the PC case.
Things I have already tried:
1) Set my fan profile on my GPU to spin the fan at 100% as soon as the GPU reaches 50 degrees
2) Reducing the settings in affected games. Helps in Advanced warfare but not in ESO. ESO keeps running at 100 FPS and I dont want to use vsync. In game I havent found any setting to limit it to 75 FPS which my monitor supports
3) I have limited all my games now to not output more than 75 FPS without using vSync
Thing that resolves this situation:
If I leave the side panel of my case open, my CPU and GPU temps only reach 78 which gives me a smooth gameplay at any settings in any game including the affected games. My case is a bad choice for this graphics card it seems. It has 3 120 mm fans pushing air inside and one 120 mm exhaust fan. My GPU is in the nearest PCI-E slot to the CPU. What I have noticed is that the stock CPU cooler throws the hot air at the side panel and the GPU throws the hot air below itself (towards the PSU). Exhaust fan is exactly between the CPU exhaust and GPU backplate. This area gets a very hot build up of air and if I touch the side panel during gaming, this area is very hot to touch. Rest of the side panel is cool to touch. So, I suspect that the exhaust fan is not able to push the hot air generated by CPU timely due to which the backplate of the GPU gets hot and its temps rise. Also, when I remove this side panel, all the issues are alleviated. Temps dont go above 78 for the GPU and 70 for the CPU. I cannot keep this side panel open of course. Another thing that seems to help is if I remove the front panel of the case, the temps reduce by a degree or two only sometimes resulting into my problem.
So, my conclusion is that this case has a lot of positive air pressure which is not getting exhausted out properly. Please correct me if I am wrong.
If this is indeed the situation, can you guys please suggest something to get rid of it? I am now stuck with this case and would not like to invest in a new one unless absolutely necessary.
Things I wonder about:
1) Will buying a new CPU cooler help? CPU cooler will have one fan pushing the hot CPU air to the exhaust fan and may remove the hot air build up. Do you also think so?
2) Can I install my GPU in the third PCI-E slot which is farthest from the CPU without losing any performance?
AMD Ryzen 5 1600,
ASUS Strix B350-f gaming,
2x8GB GskillTrident Z RGB RAM 3000 MHz @2666 MHz
Zotac Geforce GTX 1060 6GB,
Seasonic M12ii520,
Samsung evo 750 250GB SSD,
WD Blue 500GB SSD,
1TB Hitachi HDD
Coolermaster masterbox lite 5 RGB
LG 24 inch freesync monitor @75 Hz
The issue is when I play some games on highest settings at 1080p (e.g. advanced warfare single player campaign), my GPU temps reach 83 degrees celsius which makes it throttle down which results in micro stutters. I have monitored this with MSI afterburner in which I can see in real time this phenomenon.
This doesnt happen in stress testing. Prime95 ran fine for 6 hours with the peak CPU temps of 76. Unigine benchmark ran at highest settings with 76 degrees at max for the GPU. Also, it doesnt happen in games such as paladins or wolfenstein but it does happen with e.g. elder scrolls online. Fully cranked up GTA V results in a maximum of 78 degrees on GPU and 66 on CPU. I get above 75 FPS in all these games at all times for reference (except in GTA V). But after playing COD AW and ESO for 15 20 minutes, micro stutters would start every 3 minutes or so during which the GPU temps go down to about 78 due to throttling and then start increasing till they reach 83 and it continues. I live in Bangalore, and I dont use any air conditioning right now. Room temps are well below 25 as I have a well ventilated house and the window is pretty close to the PC case.
Things I have already tried:
1) Set my fan profile on my GPU to spin the fan at 100% as soon as the GPU reaches 50 degrees
2) Reducing the settings in affected games. Helps in Advanced warfare but not in ESO. ESO keeps running at 100 FPS and I dont want to use vsync. In game I havent found any setting to limit it to 75 FPS which my monitor supports
3) I have limited all my games now to not output more than 75 FPS without using vSync
Thing that resolves this situation:
If I leave the side panel of my case open, my CPU and GPU temps only reach 78 which gives me a smooth gameplay at any settings in any game including the affected games. My case is a bad choice for this graphics card it seems. It has 3 120 mm fans pushing air inside and one 120 mm exhaust fan. My GPU is in the nearest PCI-E slot to the CPU. What I have noticed is that the stock CPU cooler throws the hot air at the side panel and the GPU throws the hot air below itself (towards the PSU). Exhaust fan is exactly between the CPU exhaust and GPU backplate. This area gets a very hot build up of air and if I touch the side panel during gaming, this area is very hot to touch. Rest of the side panel is cool to touch. So, I suspect that the exhaust fan is not able to push the hot air generated by CPU timely due to which the backplate of the GPU gets hot and its temps rise. Also, when I remove this side panel, all the issues are alleviated. Temps dont go above 78 for the GPU and 70 for the CPU. I cannot keep this side panel open of course. Another thing that seems to help is if I remove the front panel of the case, the temps reduce by a degree or two only sometimes resulting into my problem.
So, my conclusion is that this case has a lot of positive air pressure which is not getting exhausted out properly. Please correct me if I am wrong.
If this is indeed the situation, can you guys please suggest something to get rid of it? I am now stuck with this case and would not like to invest in a new one unless absolutely necessary.
Things I wonder about:
1) Will buying a new CPU cooler help? CPU cooler will have one fan pushing the hot CPU air to the exhaust fan and may remove the hot air build up. Do you also think so?
2) Can I install my GPU in the third PCI-E slot which is farthest from the CPU without losing any performance?
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