safe temps?

[steveokinevo]

pretty simple question. is it safe to run your fan speeds at 100%? ive searched around and found yes and no. will it take the life expectancy down? whats a safe temp?

 

[Alaric]

Running anything at 100% all the time will shorten its life. On the plus side, GPU fans are replaceable, and heat is the No.#1 killer of electronics. What are your temps normally? Needing to run your fans at 100% all the time indicates a serious airflow problem.

 

[steveokinevo]

im idling @ 40c. i do turn the fan up to 80% when in games only. just wanting to keep it cool as possible.

 

[Nebulous]

im idling @ 40c. i do turn the fan up to 80% when in games only. just wanting to keep it cool as possible.

New gen Gpus are designed to hold temps quite well. This is not to say to run it @ 80c because it will start to throttle back. If you can keep it at 65/70c and under, you're golden. Fans can always be replaced as Alaric mentioned. Just set a fan curve to correlate with temps and your gpu will be happy.

My 1070 clocked @ +75 on the core & +500 on the mem with power limit maxed (No core voltage), under heavy gaming and a fan curve set, my card will run 60c max on air all day/night long

 

[steveokinevo]

im gonna try a game and leave the fan on auto and see what it reaches.

 

[Nebulous]

Bet. We'll be looking forward to results.

 

[steveokinevo]

well it made it to 71c with the fans on auto. how does the custom fan curve work?

 

[EarthDog]

Move the data points to set your curve.

Did you take a crack at it, or just ask the question?

 

[steveokinevo]

Move the data points to set your curve.

Did you take a crack at it, or just ask the question?

just the question. never used any program to control the fan on a curve. just a percentage.

 

[EarthDog]

Yeah, check it out... super simple. Just move the sliders to the temp amd fan percent you want.

 

[steveokinevo]

Yeah, check it out... super simple. Just move the sliders to the temp amd fan percent you want.

found it in afterburner. i will check it out

 

[steveokinevo]

got it down to 61c using the fan curve. thx