So for some reason I can't figure out doing WoW Burning Crusade Classic my GPU fan ramps up in speed to an audible level and its getting quite warm. I can't pull off the heatsink since I bought it on a lease because that's the only way I could get a card and am not allowed to remove the heatsink until i pay it off. It's an RTX 3060 Ti XC. Not my R5 3600X at the same time is only hitting about 61C and isn't ramping up fan speeds, just the video card, and I have RTX off as I don't see a point in WoW classic.
 
It doesn't do it in other games though, FarCry New Dawn no ramping, Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts no ramping, WoW classic it goes 100% fan

Undervolt time.

candle_86

kevinc313
Precision X1, manually control the fans. 
 
Your case probably has poor air flow.

Nah case has great airflow, mesh front, triple 120's up front, 2 top 120's, and a rear 120. Everything idles nice and cool and i blow it out once a month. Like I said the 3600X isn't getting even close like the GPU, granted its onder a 120mm heatpipe cooler but that fan spins at maybe 30% and keeps it at 61c, while WoW pushes the 3060 Ti to nearly 90C and fans to full. 

If you're not capping your frame rates, WoW can make your GPU run at over 100% power quite easily. Also, your CPU cooler is adding to the temps inside your case. You're 'cooling' your GPU with warm air.

candle_86

kevinc313
Precision X1, manually control the fans. 
 
Your case probably has poor air flow.

Nah case has great airflow, mesh front, triple 120's up front, 2 top 120's, and a rear 120. Everything idles nice and cool and i blow it out once a month. Like I said the 3600X isn't getting even close like the GPU, granted its onder a 120mm heatpipe cooler but that fan spins at maybe 30% and keeps it at 61c, while WoW pushes the 3060 Ti to nearly 90C and fans to full. 

This fan config does little to help the gpu.  You also did not state their speeds or how they are controlled.
 
The 3060Ti XC is only 200w but does have a dinky cooler.  It should run at 200w all day without hitting 90c.
 
On an open air bench, which can be better or worse than a case - in the 60's:
 
https://www.thefpsreview....ti-xc-gaming-review/3/
 
"The card runs hot, muh undervolt" is not an option here.  Your card either has a bad mount and needs RMA, or you have poor cooling of the card.
 

candle_86
 
 
so they are controlled with Ryzen Master, and tied to CPU temp because i can't tie them to the EVGA GPU. At CPU 100$ load they hit about 3000rpm when I do Cinebench. As for WoW I'll try that, i have vysync disabled, but ill try turning it back on. If its really cooling related I did just get a CM Stacker 830 for free, that should keep anything cool. 
 
the reason I'm concerned is prior to this RTX 3060 Ti I had an R9 290X installed in this system, and it did just fine, was running the Saphire cooler that didnt suck like the stock AMD. It got hot, but I expected it to be hot, I didn't expect my RTX 3060 Ti to hit almost R9 290X temps however. 

What is being controlled?  The GPU fans to another part of your build or you're referring to your case fans?  If case fans, have them fixed at a higher rate, say 1500-2000 RPM.  Test it out where it's tolerable and set and forget as long as the GPU thermals are in check.

Also for wow, cap your framerates to your screen's Hz if you haven't.  That could create unnecessary high FPS during gameplay and because of that, raise thermals.