View Full Version : pc hot because of psu, help
ingentingmendeg
12-12-2005, 06:36 PM
hey all, i just built my new rig and my psu is very hot. even when idle it seems a little to hot. is there anyway i can cure this? btw, its a OCZ powerstream 520. plus ive put arctic silver 5 on both cpu and gpu, that helped a little but still kinda hot.
heres a pic of the rig.
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/263/picture5in.jpg
all help will be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Major_A
12-12-2005, 06:42 PM
What do you mean by hot? The air coming out of it or the unit itself? Does the Powerstream come with a fan connector to monitor it's fan speed? Is there any type of manual fan adjustment on the power supply?
EnJoY
12-12-2005, 06:44 PM
All powerstreams are hot, the air coming out of the back of both my 520's and my 600w was always warm.
ingentingmendeg
12-12-2005, 06:46 PM
ok thanks all, just figured out that this is normal, but thanks anyways!
Major_A
12-12-2005, 06:53 PM
Hot air coming out the back is definitely a good thing.
OmegaMerc
12-12-2005, 07:04 PM
You could try getting a different block for your card and cpu, they look generic/weak.