Hello, I'm Michael. I recently bought (In August) a XGR Extreme power 500W PSU as my previous standard one died. The only problem is that it seems to heat quite a lot. Back in august, I was using a home built computer which had an Intel Pentium D 945 3.4GHz Slightly overclocked ... 3GB Ram, Nvidia GTS 250 and a Cooler Master Vortex 211p as cooler. I was running it with a standard PSU and it died. So I bought the XGR one I mentioned above. At first, it seemed to heat a bit but my friends said that it was not enough to call it "hot" so I ignored the heat and continued into playing my games. One day in August, my computer shut itself down and never turned on again. One capacitor failed and bursted the motherboard and also the Cooler Master Vortex 211p CPU Cooler (Which by the way reduces my CPU heat by 50%) was extremely hot, hotter than when I was using a stock fan. The computer was obviously dead but the Power Supply somehow survived. Tonight, my mom's computer ran into a Power Supply problem ( It started to give strange noises like something is stuck between its fan's blades). I decided to swap for the XGR which was sleeping in its box for about three months. The computer booted up but I still notice that the power supply is quite hot when I touch on the side of the case. It was not the case with my mom's standard PSU (No brand name D: ) and even with the strange noises, it was running fine and with no heat.
I was wondering if the reason why my computer died in August was the XGR power supply which was "pushing" its heat to my processor? Or maybe getting so hot that it damaged the motherboard and the other components?
Oh ... also an important note... the XGR power supply's fan is on its bottom, which means that it is inside the case, maybe it is an exhaust fan and should be placed on the bottom? In other words, is the fact that the fan is inside the case making it hotter as it cannot exhaust its heat by the outside like other power supplies?
Thank you for reading and I am hoping for your answers.
Regards
-Michael
I was wondering if the reason why my computer died in August was the XGR power supply which was "pushing" its heat to my processor? Or maybe getting so hot that it damaged the motherboard and the other components?
Oh ... also an important note... the XGR power supply's fan is on its bottom, which means that it is inside the case, maybe it is an exhaust fan and should be placed on the bottom? In other words, is the fact that the fan is inside the case making it hotter as it cannot exhaust its heat by the outside like other power supplies?
Thank you for reading and I am hoping for your answers.
Regards
-Michael