WhiteFireDragon
09-09-2008, 04:31 PM
my temps on this PSU is at 70°C, which is extremely high for a PSU. i thought it was just bad sensors but i felt the exhaust air with my hands and it was very warm, about the same or warmer than a generic cheapo PSU under load. i even touched the metal casing of the PSU and it was as warm as the heatsinks on my memory! it was as if the body was the actual heatsink for the whole PSU. i don't think it's just the sensors. the PSU was powering the following hardware while running prime95:
- q6600 @ 3.2ghz 1.40vcore
- p45 maximus II formula
- ATI X1650 pro
- 74gb raptor
- crucial 2x1gb ddr2 @ 712mhz 2.2v
- 2 dvd optical drives
- fan controller with 5 fans
these hardware aren't even power hungry at all. the video card doesn't even have a 6pin external power connector. this system should use only about 250watts max under load and according to silentpcreview (http://www.silentpcreview.com/article692-page4.html), temps should be lower than 40°C. for mine, it's just ridiculous how the PSU temps are only a few degrees away from the CPU's temps with a stock cooler. does anyone else have this problem with their HX series or is it just mine? the fan should be thermally controlled by mine just seems to be spinning at the same RPM no matter what load
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/PSUtemp.jpg
- q6600 @ 3.2ghz 1.40vcore
- p45 maximus II formula
- ATI X1650 pro
- 74gb raptor
- crucial 2x1gb ddr2 @ 712mhz 2.2v
- 2 dvd optical drives
- fan controller with 5 fans
these hardware aren't even power hungry at all. the video card doesn't even have a 6pin external power connector. this system should use only about 250watts max under load and according to silentpcreview (http://www.silentpcreview.com/article692-page4.html), temps should be lower than 40°C. for mine, it's just ridiculous how the PSU temps are only a few degrees away from the CPU's temps with a stock cooler. does anyone else have this problem with their HX series or is it just mine? the fan should be thermally controlled by mine just seems to be spinning at the same RPM no matter what load
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/PSUtemp.jpg