GPU running extremely hot. Mod or hardware issues?

[7Freya7]

Good day,

My friend has build this great gaming desktop for me, but the temperature while playing skyrim of my GPU is getting really hot. I'm afraid a mod is causing the issue.

The gpu temperature in vanilla skyrim keeps around 73c and with my mods, the temperature rise betweem 82-90C. I've downloaded this small program to manually control my fans, and even when I set the GPU fan at 100% (4100 RPM) the temperature won't get lower than 80C. I already checked the amount of dust and cleaned it. I always have 58+ FPS while playing though. My drivers are up to date and I am also running a few mods. See load order below.

My set up:

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.40GHz

8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 651MHz

3072MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 / HD 7900 Series (MSI)

Load order current mods:

 

0 0 Skyrim.esm
1 1 Update.esm
2 2 Dawnguard.esm
3 3 HearthFires.esm
4 4 Dragonborn.esm
5 5 Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp
6 6 Falskaar.esm
7 7 WM Flora Fixes.esp
8 8 Campfire.esm
9 9 notice board.esp
10 a EFFCore.esm
HighResTexturePack01.esp
HighResTexturePack02.esp
HighResTexturePack03.esp
11 b Cutting Room Floor.esp
12 c SkyUI.esp
13 d FISS.esp
14 e EatingSleepingDrinking.esp
15 f GoToBed.esp
16 10 Enhanced 3rd Person Camera V1.2.esp
17 11 dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp
18 12 Extended UI.esp
19 13 Falskaar - Notice Board.esp
20 14 RaceMenu.esp
21 15 RaceMenuPlugin.esp
22 16 EnhancedLightsandFX.esp
23 17 RelightingSkyrim.esp
24 18 RelightingSkyrim_DB.esp
25 19 Weapons & Armor Fixes_Remade.esp
26 1a Complete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.esp
27 1b Point The Way.esp
28 1c Book Covers Skyrim.esp
29 1d SulfurRocks.esp
30 1e FarmhouseChimneys.esp
31 1f RealisticWaterTwo.esp
32 20 EmbersHD.esp
33 21 MoonGlow.esp
34 22 WondersofWeather.esp
35 23 BFSEffects.esp
36 24 Footprints.esp
37 25 FarmhouseChimneysFalskaar.esp
38 26 RealisticWaterTwo - Waves - Falskaar.esp
39 27 Beards.esp
40 28 Brows.esp
41 29 KS Hairdo's.esp
42 2a TheEyesOfBeauty.esp
43 2b NB-Scars.esp
44 2c EFFDialogue.esp
45 2d Dynamic Dialogue Followers.esp
46 2e WetandCold.esp
47 2f WetandCold - Ashes.esp
48 30 Dual Sheath Redux.esp
49 31 RealisticRoomRental.esp
50 32 AOS.esp
51 33 Dead Body Collision.esp
52 34 RRR_ELFX-Patch.esp
53 35 Complete Alchemy & Cooking Overhaul.esp
54 36 RelightingSkyrim_DG.esp
55 37 Skyrim Immersive Creatures.esp
56 38 OBIS.esp
57 39 Skyrim Immersive Creatures - DLC2.esp
58 3a Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
59 3b Atlas Legendary.esp
60 3c Vivid Weathers.esp
61 3d Vivid Weathers - AOS patch.esp
62 3e Vivid Weathers - Falskaar.esp
63 3f RealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.esp
64 40 DeadlySpellImpacts.esp
65 41 dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
66 42 dD-DG-DB-Immersive Creatures EBT Patch.esp
67 43 Frostfall.esp
68 44 RelightingSkyrim_HF.esp
69 45 SMIM-Merged-All.esp
70 46 SFO - Dragonborn.esp
71 47 SolitudeExterior.esp
72 48 BooksOfSkyrim.esp
73 49 Immersive Patrols II.esp
74 4a Immersive Horses.esp
75 4b Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp
76 4c iNeed.esp
77 4d WhiterunExterior.esp
78 4e Hearthfire IHO Compatibility Patch.esp
79 4f DeadlyDragons.esp
80 50 OBISDB.esp
81 51 Immersive Weapons.esp
82 52 aMidianborn_Skyforge_Weapons.esp
83 53 Chesko_WearableLantern.esp
84 54 CACO_AOS_Patch.esp
85 55 CACO_SkyrimImmersiveCreatures+DLC2_Patch.esp
86 56 CACO_USLEEP_Patch.esp
87 57 Dual Wield Parrying_LeftHand.esp
88 58 NPC Knockout Overhaul.esp
89 59 TradeBarter.esp
90 5a UIExtensions.esp
91 5b DesyncBirdsOfPrey.esp
92 5c HighHrothgarWindowGlow.esp
93 5d CutFloorOverride.esp
94 5e WaAROverride.esp
95 5f Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp
96 60 Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul.esp
97 61 Immersive Citizens - RRR patch.esp
98 62 Immersive Citizens - CRF patch.esp
99 63 FarmhouseChimneysLAL+CRF.esp

I also have ENB v0.305 installed.

Does anyone know which mod may cause this extreme temperatures?

[Surilindur]

If you have visual modifications turned on in ENB, that will cause your temperatures to rise a little (or a little more). I have an R9 290 with non-reference air cooling myself (Asus), and the thing runs at about ~70 degrees celsius or less with a vanilla game, and jumps to 82 degrees celsius if I add visuals from ENB, and cranking the fan speed up does not seem to do anything for me, either, and it sits at around 82 until I close the game. Other games run anywhere from 50 to 80 degrees, with idle temperature usually being around 40 after using the computer for a while.

 

I am not sure what GPU you have, exactly (R9 200 series has a few), but the reference model of the R9 290 I have, for example, apparently runs at around ~94 degrees celsius according to benchmarks (for example this: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7481/the-amd-radeon-r9-290-review/15). That being the reference model from AMD, and considering how AMD cards have quite the high maximum allowed temperatures (I think it was either close to or above 100 degrees celsius), I would say ~80 degrees is not that bad. Of course it can look a bit odd, and people might claim that AMD cards run hot, but for reference, the new GTX 1080 from NVIDIA (the reference cooled ones people have reviewed) seems to run at around ~80 degrees, too.

 

So, I am not an expert by any means, but 80 degrees does not sound too uncommon. To me at least. You can make sure your case has a good airflow if it helps, and that the air the machine sucks in is not too warm. I usually make sure the hot air is pushed out of the case properly by fans before even thinking about using fans to push air into the case. My current case only has fans pushing hot air out, because non-hot air is automatically sucked in from some of the other holes in the case (that do not have a fan).

 

That would be my thoughts in it, and I am not an expert at all. Just another customer with high-ish temperatures. I hope someone else can give you better advice.

[FMod]

Lower your GPU voltage a little (you know how to do it, right?)

Start at -0.05V below stock. AMD consistently sets their stock voltage too high, IDK why they keep shooting themselves in the foot like that.

 

After you check out -0.05, if it's stable for a day or two, start lowering it by -0.01V each couple days, till you see artifacts or crashes, then get it +0.02V up from that point.

 

That said, 82-90C is acceptable for AMD cards, they don't suffer from the solder cracking issues at these temperatures as NV cards do. But you'll be able to get it down to 85C, which is better, and keep your fan at 100% less of the time.

[KornelTheGamer]

if it's an AMD card, you should be fine, during my gaming sessions mine peaks at about 95 degrees celsius, and that is 2 years, every day, almost constant, and still works for 2 years

[FMod]

95 degrees is not fine. While AMD cards don't have the solder cracking issues NV cards do, 85-90C should still be the target during gaming except for momentary bursts. For NV cards, anything above 80C is bad and will often lead to accelerated failure (usually still after the warranty expires). Lower your voltage a bit and make the fan ramp up to 100% above 80C.