GPU Hotspots Too High (111 Celsius) - New PC Shuts Down

[misty jewel]

Hi, I built my first PC yesterday. Everything is now running great, except my RX 6700XT is running fairly hot and has utilisation spikes when gaming. My drivers are up to date and I'm pretty sure everything is connected properly. No idea how to fix this, and google hasn't been too helpful thus far. Please help!

[bitter tiger]

run stress test

I will recommend to install hwinfo64

and to install furmark

run a stress test for 5 minutes

how to check properly is
you run hwinfo first, and check the sensors, go to your gpu and look for temps and also power draw

do not close hwinfo,
then open furmark and run the stress test

while it's running, look at your sensors

you will see the power draw, the temps

i would also recommend you to check your event viewer and send screenshot of any errors, warnings are minors, but errors are important sometimes

[misty jewel]

Okay thanks

[bitter tiger]

this will show how much power your house is drawing, I would also recommend running a scan on windows prompt

to check if there is any corrupted windows files

and run a memory test by using memtest86

to check for windows corrupted files you open your window search bar and type command prompt

and then you run it as administrator

then type

sfc /scannow

You can follow this guide

https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/topic/use-the-system-file-checker-tool-to-repair-missing-or-corrupted-system-files-79aa86cb-ca52-166a-92a3-966e85d4094e

[misty jewel]

Hm, this is possibly why?

[untold walrus]

wait bru

get gpu z

and check hotspot

it might be throttling to shit

[untold walrus]

wont make a diff tbh its a phisical issue not with windows most likely

also are the utilization spikes happening in all games? or just certain ones?

[untold walrus]

ok hot spot is WAY to fucking hot gawd dam

welp repaste ig

[bitter tiger]

did you get your 6700xt brand new or second hand, are you gpu fans running

[bitter tiger]

if it's brand new he could RMA it

[untold walrus]

yup

[bitter tiger]

if it already has been opened they would refuse it to rma

[bitter tiger]

your option isn't bad either,

[untold walrus]

look at the pic hwinfo is saying theyre running and maybe running at max

[bitter tiger]

he should check for the cooler 🤔

[untold walrus]

its the cheapest

[bitter tiger]

yeah

but it's his first pc build, asking him to tear down his gpu would be a challenge 🤔

[untold walrus]

@misty jewel get thermal paste and repaste the gpu maybe get pads for memory as well

[untold walrus]

not really

you cant overtighten

and its really hard to crack a gpu die by just screwing it down

[untold walrus]

in most cards they have springs on the coolers so

[untold walrus]

would also be better if you could get a screenshot

gpu z will tell you your memory temps

memeory might be dying too tbh

[bitter tiger]

oh I didn't mean this in particular, I'm just thinking if he is new it could be a bit pressuring to him, since he may not be that good with manipulating hardware 🤔
but you're not wrong indeed

[untold walrus]

i mean yeah ive repasted my cpu many times but never a proper die to cooler situation

ive seen many gpus on yt having springs

so i suppose its like laptop coolers which ive had way too many fucking experiences with repasting QwQ

[misty jewel]

yeh um

I got it on ebay 💀

[untold walrus]

okay dry thermal paste it is

[misty jewel]

it's a SWFT XFX 309

[untold walrus]

do you have a tech store near you?

[untold walrus]

would you be comfortable with repasting this card yourself with me guiding you through?

and @bitter tiger will help too

[bitter tiger]

ooooof, my poor dude, can you still get a refund?

[bitter tiger]

i~

[untold walrus]

no no wait a second lets see if hes okay with repasting

[untold walrus]

if you wanna?

[bitter tiger]

sure

[misty jewel]

I'm not sure if I have enough thermal paste, my AIO came with thermal paste so I didn't apply any myself. I have, in the past, applied thermal paste to CPUs though soo maybeee 🤷

[untold walrus]

its as easy as cpus imo

[bitter tiger]

well you will need thermal paste, but also thermal pads

[untold walrus]

just gott be a tad more careful

[bitter tiger]

it would be better if you replace the thermal pads too

[untold walrus]

maybe not pads atm depends

[untold walrus]

i mean yeah but if memory is running 80 or lower its fine

[misty jewel]

GPU Hotspots Too High (111 Celsius) - New PC Shuts Down

[untold walrus]

good new title

[bitter tiger]

it would be better to do both while he is at it, to make sure the issue is solved instead of having to tear it down again and replace the pads too 🤔

[untold walrus]

now we talkin

[untold walrus]

yeah

[bitter tiger]

🤔

[untold walrus]

but we shall see

[misty jewel]

I have contacted the seller on ebay too explaining that I have an issue and asking if they have any suggestions

[untold walrus]

Dee get Gpu-Z and see how memory temperatures are under load if you can

[misty jewel]

might have to return though eghhh

[misty jewel]

okaty

[untold walrus]

best option now is to repaste

[untold walrus]

no not yet my friend i wont let u feel the pain of ebay returns QwQ its shit ive had to return a thing and it cost like 40 euro to return a 120mm fan

QwQ returns are a pain

oh wee problem i might need to go soon in like an hour or so :/

[misty jewel]

Woo

[untold walrus]

right amd cards dont report mem temps

shit]

i mean overall the gpu temp is not bad

[misty jewel]

yeh so it must be just one area

[untold walrus]

just that hotspot might be a problem since ur die might burn there

[misty jewel]

im wondering what the gpu temp average is excluding the hotspot(s)??

[untold walrus]

82 acc to gpuz

[bitter tiger]

it should be around 70-80

[untold walrus]

its 82

hot spot worries me

[bitter tiger]

but in average, it should be 70 on a regular card

even at 90, it should be fine

[untold walrus]

A hotspot temp over 100 isn’t too worrying, but it also depends on the average GPU die temperature. Anything that’s around 10C more than the average die temperature is fine and is considered normal. However, if the difference between the two is too much (like the average temperature is 70C while the hotspot is 100C), then it is definitely worrying.

womp womp

[bitter tiger]

but as said, your card is having a stroke, and hotspots hitting 110

[untold walrus]

google told me that in a big box so its true

[untold walrus]

my cpu hits 105 daily so lol

[bitter tiger]

womp womp

[bitter tiger]

your what

BRUH

[misty jewel]

also thank you guys so much for helping lol

[bitter tiger]

cpu or gpu

[untold walrus]

well 104.7 usually while tcase is 105

[bitter tiger]

(●—●)

[misty jewel]

my CPU has been running well so far lol

[untold walrus]

which model/brand?

[bitter tiger]

brother, you want to make a bomb (●—●)

[misty jewel]

ryzen 7 5800x

[untold walrus]

wow

[untold walrus]

i5 3470 pipebomb

[bitter tiger]

[untold walrus]

i mean its improved as ive added a 3d printed shroud to it

80 max now

with the same rendering load

[bitter tiger]

good

[untold walrus]

blender stresses cpu more than your average prime95

[untold walrus]

im getting an RTX a2000 for this lil guy

i might go up to a 3770 tho

[bitter tiger]

[bitter tiger]

how old is that cpu (●—●)

[untold walrus]

rtx+3rd gen

[untold walrus]

10 years old

11 rounded up

[bitter tiger]

just your temps are enough to heat up the whole antartica ma boy, ecologist won't be happy with the amount of heat you're producing

[untold walrus]

nahhh the a2000 is like 70w

and cpu maxes out at 65

[bitter tiger]

I meant the cpu temps at 100

[untold walrus]

cpu at 65w is 100 lol

[bitter tiger]

lel

@misty jewel so hum, is any other parts of your pc from eBay?

btw, your gpu, when you bought it on eBay, it was listed as used?
or brand new?

[untold walrus]

my pc was 80 from ebay and is a SFF dell lolololooo

[bitter tiger]

(I'm pretty sure is used)

[untold walrus]

used most likely

my setup with all peripherals is 100 so far

250 euro gpu + 80 euro pc is good idea fr

[misty jewel]

the CPU too lol

and that's about it tbh

I snagged some good deals on Amazon

and got an nzxt h1 v2 on Scan

[untold walrus]

wow how much was the build?

[bitter tiger]

fair enough

[untold walrus]

brit/irish i see? since Scan

[misty jewel]

roughly 760gbp

[misty jewel]

yhh

[untold walrus]

wow thats not a lot

[bitter tiger]

hummmmmm, your cpu temps are ok?

[misty jewel]

the case/AIO/PSU was a very good deal lol

[misty jewel]

seems like it

[untold walrus]

im like 200-600km away lol depends on where in uk u are lol im in ireland

[misty jewel]

I could stress test them too ig

[untold walrus]

i love meeting ppl from fellow countries

[bitter tiger]

well, you would most likely need to do as he said and relate your gpu, you can check your cpu, but it would be good I think

check for the cpu Max temps wouldn't hurt

[untold walrus]

*repaste

[bitter tiger]

just to be sure

[bitter tiger]

my auto correct, it's 5am here 😭

[untold walrus]

ong its 10pm here lol

sleep my child

sleep otherwise youll be tired af

[untold walrus]

use blender ngl

do the BMW benchmark rendered on cpu and see temps

[bitter tiger]

I'm jet lagged

[untold walrus]

rendering in blender flucutates cpu usage a lot so its the worst case scenario

[bitter tiger]

you old dinosaur

[untold walrus]

wat

mf im 15

[bitter tiger]

mf called me child (I didnt get it badly dw)

that's why I assumed you were a dinosaur

[untold walrus]

i live in ireland i do that a lot ngl

[bitter tiger]

[untold walrus]

no sad catto

cat no sad

[bitter tiger]

I'm going to bed, ttyl guys

[misty jewel]

Hmm

CPU peaked at 80

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBSMXBZ6Pis

[untold walrus]

thats fine

did u set it to render cpu?

oh yeah u did

i can see

thats good

[untold walrus]

follow that tbh

[misty jewel]

I happen to have some thermal paste lying around. Soo ima repaste

[untold walrus]

aight

use the toutorial

[misty jewel]

https://community.amd.com/t5/graphics/xfx-speedster-swft-309-radeon-rx-6700-xt-core-hotspot-issue/td-p/591381

might follow this for thermal pads too

[untold walrus]

yes

[misty jewel]

lol I don't think they're that thicc though?

Did tear them though so... Fml

OH OKAY

[untold walrus]

Yeah that's not true

[untold walrus]

The paste needs to be in an X and in the middle

Not a dot off of the side

Add more than you think is needed

[misty jewel]

Okay thanks

I'm going to wait until the thermal pads arrive tomorrow

And not play any games in the meantime

[untold walrus]

Yeah

[misty jewel]

There was a bit of plastic under one of the thermal pads

The issue is now resolved, temps are better now lol

[untold walrus]

YAY

can you like send here?

[bitter tiger]

was it the plastic or the thermal pads?