Recent weather causing GPU temperatures to skyrocket.

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Gishank

Bright Spark
So, I have a GTX 285, it's pretty old and whilst I've had issues with it before, I have always managed to resolve them. However since the recent "heatwave" began, my GPU temps have jumped from 40-50 to 50-60 whilst idle on 80% fanspeed (in-game I can't speak for what they reach as I don't have the chance to check) making playing games out of the option as my GPU ends up locking my PC forcing me to restart it manually. I don't have the money to get a caperble modern GPU that is power and cooling efficient due to being jobless. I recently dusted my PC too...

So right now I'm out of ideas, sure, I could try cranking up the fanspeed but I'd rather try and keep my GPU alive as long as possible till I can afford a new one.
 
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Gishank

Bright Spark
1 top, 1 rear and 1 frontal fan(intake)... I've not touched the fan setup since PCSpecialist built it, because I've never had the need to. lol
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
You should consider wiping the fan fins to gt rid of dust an have a look at what the GPU ones are like these are a bit more tricky but you can still wipe some of it

Before you do that, make sure you unplug the PC and ground yourself

Some extra fans may be a good idea, your case can take 10 fans so you have plenty of room for them
 
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Gishank

Bright Spark
As stated, I recently dusted my PC (2 weeks ago at most). Buying extra fans isn't really an option due to no money :p
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
that may have sparked a problem then if it was 2 weeks ago. Open the side and check every fan is working... you may have knocked a cable or something.
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
Oh, Im not sure. You are not the only one though, my graphics card has gone from 30-35c to 39/40c although that isnt a huge deal
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

Life Serving
its probably due to higher ambient room temperature.

You could always try removing the card and cleaning the fan blades using a cotton bud, but this will only help slightly if at all.
 
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Gishank

Bright Spark
I know what the cause is, yet naturally I can't control the room temp without getting AC or somehow moving my system to a more ventilated area (which would mean no internet access D:)... I've resorted to downclocking my GPU to Nvidia's base settings for the 285 from ZOTAC's AMP! edition overclock settings and ramping the fan speed to 100%. It is causing a noticable (but bareable) performence drop in higher end games but thankfully for most there is no difference and at least now my temps don't exceed 83/84 at peak.
 
tom_gr7

tom_gr7

Life Serving
my temps have gone up a bit too! its 24.6c in my room! n my top gpu is 42, with the fan speed at 45%.
 
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