08-11-2013, 11:01 PM
Try to place your finger on the VRAM chips onboard the GPU, they might be the ones overheating, and usually they get no extra cooling.
Usually those VRAM chips come in 4, 6, 8 or even more same chips on the board, sometimes even on the reverse side:
If they're so hot that it's difficult to hold your finger on one for longer than 1s, they're probably the culprit. Try buying some mini-heatsinks for them, usually it's just a small piece of metal with fins that you thermal-glue directly on the chips: (the golden things in this picture)
Usually those VRAM chips come in 4, 6, 8 or even more same chips on the board, sometimes even on the reverse side:
If they're so hot that it's difficult to hold your finger on one for longer than 1s, they're probably the culprit. Try buying some mini-heatsinks for them, usually it's just a small piece of metal with fins that you thermal-glue directly on the chips: (the golden things in this picture)