bad smell

About a week ago I built a new PC with completely new parts. It booted up nicely, and it has been running perfectly for the whole week. However, yesterday I noticed a weird burning smell (almost like an exploded firework smell). It was very subtle, but definitely noticeable when I smelled near...

PSU: 650w Corsair CX650F RGB (80+ Bronze) GPU: Acer OEM 1060 6GB (blower style, if you wondered) CPU: i7-8700 MB: B365M PRO-VDH I had some cheap Thermaltake 80+ White PSU unit and I was worried something could happen to my PC from it considering its age/price. I purchased a 650w Corsair...

So the problem is quite straightforward, my graphics drivers just keep on crashing out of the blue whenever I open apps that make use of them. It has mostly been happening while playing some steam game or discord but it also happens randomly while one Youtube (the website) and some other...

So this smell problem occurred 2 days ago. I have a Gigabyte 1080 and have been mining off and on for about 2 months. I don't mine all of the time, but I do when I'm asleep or not playing video games. I use Nicehash to mine and decided to use run ethlargement to get the most out of the gpu while...

So, a couple of months back, i swapped out the PSU on my old computer for a new one since the fan was slowly but surely dying. Turns out the PSU was malfunctioning and it kind of blew up and fried my system. Great! I take the decision to get a new computer since I can't really do much with an...

Greetings! Recently, I've been experiencing a pretty obnoxious issue with my computer and I've been having a difficult time diagnosing it. An issue started occurring about a month ago with my computer suddenly black screening and rebooting with the ASUS anti-surge crap popping up every single...

Switching Parts from a Used Computer Summary The parts come from a computer where the power supply seemed to be giving signs of failing. The components of the computer reached, at full load, the power supply's maximum advertised wattage. With that said, the initial question would be: Question...