Marcus_D Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Good day everyone, I hope everyone is well. I bought an AX850 Gold to beef up my system. Nothing is overclocked. I think I am having a problem with heat from the PSU. Stats: AX850 Gold Corsair PSU P7P55D-E Deluxe Motherboard Quad i7 - LGA 1156 - 870 - stock cooling fan Nvidia GTX590 video card 8GB DDR3 RAM - Corsair;) (2) 128GB Intel X40 SSD drives Generic DVDRW "run of the mill" Hitachi 500GB 7200RPM drive I have 120mm intake fan in the bottom/front and the same in the rear/middle position. My CPU gets to about 70C under full load for extended periods of time but once that load is removed falls to about 32-34C within about a minute or so. This tells me my case cooling is good and that I have good airflow. When I play a game that really draws power, say Skyrim on "Ultra" settings, I can feel the case start to heat up around the PSU. I can feel the heat coming off the case exactly where the PSU resides. I have no means to measure the temperature of the exhaust gases coming from the PSU but it is putting off a tremendous amount of heat under load while the rest of my case seems very cool. I am not experiencing any problems or shortage of power at all, I just wanted to make sure this wasn't something I need to be concerned with. Are there any suggestions for dispersing this heat from the PSU a little better? Additional internal fans maybe? Thanks in advance for the assistance! Regards, Marcus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted December 1, 2011 Corsair Employees Share Posted December 1, 2011 That is not uncommon with the load on your system at or near 100% the PSU will warm up and the fan will run at a higher RPM and Emmit more heat, so what you have described sounds normal to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 Your GTX590 GPU is going draw as much if not more power than your CPU+MOBO when under heavy 3D loads. The heat you are getting is completely normal as the PSU is supplying a lot more power to the system under that load. As RAM GUY noted, seems completely normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus_D Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 Excellent, thank you for the quick feedback. I will quit worrying and just enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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