Noise/heat problems msi 670

[Diymhoshei]

Hi all,

I recently bought this card, and although I'm very happy with gaming performance, it seems to me to be very loud and run hotter than it should. It regularly goes above 83℃ and whines like a good un! I'm currently playing through Metro Last Light, and at some points in the game it can just keep getting hotter and louder?! My last card was a ref 5870, which was loud, and after a bit of research I found this card and as it's supposed to be one of the quieter, cooler 670's I'm a bit miffed as to why it's so loud/hot? My 5870 didn't ever go above 80℃ even after constant full load!

So basically my question is, does anyone think it's odd that's it's so loud and hot and weird that it keeps getting hotter and hotter at certain weird points in the game, for example the loading screens for chapters on Metro, our is Metro a particular demanding game and I'm expecting to much?!

Thanks for reading,

Diym

 

[poohbear]

What brand is it? My gigabyte gtx 670 is the quietest card ive ever owned & never goes above 70c. Most gtx 670s are like that as they run very cool & dont need a loud cooling solution. Id look into RMAing it cause it sounds borked.

 

[stahlhart]

Stock 670 or Twin Frozr (Power Edition)?

 

[Diymhoshei]

Thanks for replying, it's the PE edition and sorry for being clueless but what it's RMA?! I thought it was weird that it got so hot!

Also has anyone had experience of MSI customer service?

Thanks,

Jonny

 

[stahlhart]

http://www.performance-pcs.com/cata...oduct_info&cPath=46_58_1107&products_id=26246

Not sure if you're up to taking the cooler off, but this stuff dropped the temperatures on my two by about 10C. This was after prior attempts with applications of Thermalright Chill Factor 3, Arctic Silver 5 and Shin-Etsu X23 resulted in no improvement.

They currently idle at 35-36C and run up to 74-75C at full stress.

 

[thilanliyan]

Thanks for replying, it's the PE edition and sorry for being clueless but what it's RMA?! I thought it was weird that it got so hot!

Also has anyone had experience of MSI customer service?

Thanks,

Jonny

RMA is basically a return of your product to the manufacturer. If you just recently bought the card, the place where you bought it from may take it back too.

I have had a decent experience with MSI for RMA of a video card. No complaints.

 

[Diymhoshei]

I don't trust myself enough to re-paste the heatsink! I bought it from Scan about 4 weeks ago, so I will get in contact with them and failing that, just go direct to MSI.

Thanks for the help, I will update if any changes.

Diym

 

[24601]

What's your case/cooling setup/room temperature?

Going from a blower style GPU cooler to an open air cooler like the Twin Frozer will increase heat dumped into the case greatly.

If this heat is not then dumped out of the case sufficiently by the case itself, then you will run into problems that sound exactly like what you are having.

 

[Diymhoshei]

My room temp is between 16-20 max, I have an Antec 902 with air cooling but even with fans on full it makes no difference and I can STILL hear the 670 going off on one!

 

[Tweak155]

I have the MSI 670 TFIV and my temps hover around high 50's for light games and maybe low 70's for demanding games.

I also never noticed noise outside of a coil whine once or twice, and it was a quiet coil whine at that :biggrin:

 

[Diymhoshei]

Why can't mine do that?! I really do think something is up, as I have the PE TFIV as well and my idle temps are 27-29, but on Metro LL, which doesn't even do full load, about 80-90% and it is really loud and hot and would keep going I reckon if I don't do something!

 

[Tweak155]

Why can't mine do that?! I really do think something is up, as I have the PE TFIV as well and my idle temps are 27-29, but on Metro LL, which doesn't even do full load, about 80-90% and it is really loud and hot and would keep going I reckon if I don't do something!

Well unfortunately I don't have Metro LL to test for you. I have Metro 2033... not sure how much they updated LL from 2033.

 

[24601]

My room temp is between 16-20 max, I have an Antec 902 with air cooling but even with fans on full it makes no difference and I can STILL hear the 670 going off on one!

100% chance there is something wrong with your card then.

RMA it if you don't trust your own skills to re-apply thermal paste to the GPU cooler.