Question Brand new psu Cougar Bronze 500 is too noisy

[Biban]

but was totally silent when tested in the store the computer is not so noisy with the old one. I made a test
CPUID HWMonitor Report
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Binaries
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HWMonitor version 1.4.1.0

Monitoring
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Mainboard Model D945GCLF (0x00000202 - 0x009ECDE4)

LPCIO
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Hardware Monitors
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Hardware monitor SMSC LPC47M192
Voltage 0 2.53 Volts [0xC2] (+2.5V)
Voltage 1 1.19 Volts [0x65] (CPU VCORE)
Voltage 2 3.37 Volts [0xC4] (ATX +3.3V)
Voltage 3 4.97 Volts [0xBF] (ATX +5V)
Voltage 4 12.42 Volts [0xC6] (ATX +12V)
Voltage 5 3.37 Volts [0xC4] (HVCC)
Voltage 6 1.57 Volts [0xC8] (+1.5V)
Voltage 7 1.79 Volts [0xBD] (+1.8V)
Temperature 0 50 degC (121 degF) [0x32] (Diode 1)
Temperature 1 34 degC (93 degF) [0x22] (Ambient)
Temperature 2 42 degC (107 degF) [0x2A] (Diode 2)
Register space SMBus, base address = 0x02000
SMBus request channel 0x0, address 0x2D

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER
10 ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER 00 00
20 C2 65 C4 BF C7 C4 32 22 ER ER ER FF 00 FF 00 FF
30 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 7F 81 7F 81 ER ER ER 55 20
40 09 00 00 ER ER ER ER 00 ER 80 00 12 00 00 ER 00
50 C8 BD 2A ER FF 00 FF 00 7F 81 ER ER ER ER ER ER
60 ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER
70 ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER
80 ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER
90 ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER
A0 ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER
B0 ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER
C0 ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER
D0 ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER
E0 ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER
F0 ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER


Processors
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Number of sockets 1
Number of threads 2

APICs
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Socket 0
-- Core 0 (ID 0)
-- Thread 0 0
-- Thread 1 1

Timers
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ACPI timer 3.580 MHz
Perf timer 1596.050 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz


Processors Information
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Socket 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 1 (max 1)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Name Intel Atom 230
Codename Diamondville
Specification Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 230 @ 1.60GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 437 FCBGA8 (0x2)
CPUID 6.C.2
Extended CPUID 6.1C
Core Stepping C0
Technology 45 nm
Core Speed 1595.8 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 12.0 x 133.0 MHz
Base frequency (cores) 133.0 MHz
Base frequency (ext.) 133.0 MHz
Rated Bus speed 531.9 MHz
Stock frequency 1600 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T
Microcode Revision 0x212
L1 Data cache 24 KBytes, 6-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 512 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Max CPUID level 0000000Ah
Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h
Cache descriptor Level 1, D, 24 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1, I, 32 KB, 2 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2, U, 512 KB, 2 thread(s)
FID/VID Control no


Temperature 0 42 degC (107 degF) (Core #0)
Clock Speed 0 1595.76 MHz (Core #0)
Core 0 max ratio (effective) 12.0


Thread dumps
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CPU Thread 0
APIC ID 0
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 0

CPUID
0x00000000 0x0000000A 0x756E6547 0x6C65746E 0x49656E69
0x00000001 0x000106C2 0x00020800 0x0040E31D 0xBFE9FBFF
0x00000002 0x4FBA5901 0x0E3080C0 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000003 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000004 0x00004121 0x0140003F 0x0000003F 0x00000001
0x00000004 0x00004122 0x01C0003F 0x0000003F 0x00000001
0x00000004 0x00004143 0x01C0003F 0x000003FF 0x00000001
0x00000005 0x00000040 0x00000040 0x00000003 0x00000010
0x00000006 0x00000001 0x00000002 0x00000001 0x00000000
0x00000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000008 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000009 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x0000000A 0x07280203 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00002501
0x80000000 0x80000008 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x20100000
0x80000002 0x20202020 0x20202020 0x746E4920 0x52286C65
0x80000003 0x74412029 0x54286D6F 0x4320294D 0x20205550
0x80000004 0x20303332 0x20402020 0x30362E31 0x007A4847
0x80000005 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000006 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x02008040 0x00000000
0x80000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000008 0x00003020 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

MSR 0x0000001B 0x00000000 0xFEE00900
MSR 0x00000017 0x00080000 0x8026CC1E
MSR 0x000000CD 0x00000000 0x00000101
MSR 0x0000003F 0x00000000 0x00000000
MSR 0x000000CE 0x1E1E0C00 0x4B4B0000
MSR 0x000001A0 0x00000000 0x60860488
MSR 0x000000EE 0x00000000 0x02F94102
MSR 0x0000011E 0x00000000 0x7E00011F
MSR 0x0000019C 0x00000000 0x883F0000
MSR 0x0000002A 0x00000000 0x43080000

CPU Thread 1
APIC ID 1
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 1

CPUID
0x00000000 0x0000000A 0x756E6547 0x6C65746E 0x49656E69
0x00000001 0x000106C2 0x01020800 0x0040E31D 0xBFE9FBFF
0x00000002 0x4FBA5901 0x0E3080C0 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000003 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000004 0x00004121 0x0140003F 0x0000003F 0x00000001
0x00000004 0x00004122 0x01C0003F 0x0000003F 0x00000001
0x00000004 0x00004143 0x01C0003F 0x000003FF 0x00000001
0x00000005 0x00000040 0x00000040 0x00000003 0x00000010
0x00000006 0x00000001 0x00000002 0x00000001 0x00000000
0x00000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000008 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000009 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x0000000A 0x07280203 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00002501
0x80000000 0x80000008 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x20100000
0x80000002 0x20202020 0x20202020 0x746E4920 0x52286C65
0x80000003 0x74412029 0x54286D6F 0x4320294D 0x20205550
0x80000004 0x20303332 0x20402020 0x30362E31 0x007A4847
0x80000005 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000006 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x02008040 0x00000000
0x80000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000008 0x00003020 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

MSR 0x0000001B 0x00000000 0xFEE00800
MSR 0x00000017 0x00080000 0x8026CC1E
MSR 0x000000CD 0x00000000 0x00000101
MSR 0x0000003F 0x00000000 0x00000000
MSR 0x000000CE 0x1E1E0C00 0x4B4B0000
MSR 0x000001A0 0x00000000 0x60860488
MSR 0x000000EE 0x00000000 0x02F94102
MSR 0x0000011E 0x00000000 0x7E00011F
MSR 0x0000019C 0x00000000 0x883F0000
MSR 0x0000002A 0x00000000 0x43080000



Storage
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Drive 0
Name SAMSUNG HD322HJ
Revision 1AC01118
Serial S17AJA0S663595
Capacity 298.1 GB
Type Fixed
Bus Type ATA (3)
Features SMART
Volume c:\, 48.8 GBytes (20.0 percent available)
Volume e:\, 249.3 GBytes (99.1 percent available)

USB Devices
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Graphic APIs
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API Intel I/O

Display Adapters
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Display adapter 0
ID 0x4000000
Board Manufacturer Intel Corporation
PCI device bus 0 (0x0), device 2 (0x2), function 0 (0x0)
Vendor ID 0x8086 (0x8086)
Model ID 0x2772 (0x464C)
Revision ID 0x2
Performance Level 0



ACPI
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ACPI Tree
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_L04
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_L0A
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_L0E
_L1D
PR
CPU0
CPU1
CPU2
CPU3
SB
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_HID
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PCI0
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PBRS
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TMEM
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TOUD
MDET
PAMX
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BSEG
PAMS
ERNG
PAMB
EROM
IOCM
_HID
_UID
_CRS
_PRT
P32_
_ADR
UPS1
_PRW
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LPC_
_ADR
PRR0
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PIRA
PIRB
PIRC
PIRD
PRR1
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PIRE
PIRF
PIRG
PIRH
LNKA
_HID
_UID
_STA
_DIS
_CRS
_PRS
_SRS
LNKB
_HID
_UID
_STA
_DIS
_CRS
_PRS
_SRS
LNKC
_HID
_UID
_STA
_DIS
_CRS
_PRS
_SRS
LNKD
_HID
_UID
_STA
_DIS
_CRS
_PRS
_SRS
LNKE
_HID
_UID
_STA
_DIS
_CRS
_PRS
_SRS
LNKF
_HID
_UID
_STA
_DIS
_CRS
_PRS
_SRS
LNKG
_HID
_UID
_STA
_DIS
_CRS
_PRS
_SRS
LNKH
_HID
_UID
_STA
_DIS
_CRS
_PRS
_SRS
DMAC
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_CRS
RTC_
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_CRS
PIC_
_HID
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FPU_
_HID
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TMR_
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SPKR
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XTRA
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_UID
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TPMM
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TPM_
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_UID
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TPMR
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XTR2
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_UID
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SMC1
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INDX
DATA
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LDN_
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DIDR
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ACTR
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IOAH
IOAL
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INTR
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INT1
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DMCH
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OPT0
OPT1
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OPT8
MUT0
ENFG
EXFG
RTIO
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PSTS
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PMEN
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PST1
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PEN1
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LED1
LED2
FDC0
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LPT_
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ECP_
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PS2M
_HID
_CID
_STA
CRS1
CRS2
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PS2K
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_STA
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UAR1
_HID
_UID
_STA
_DIS
_CRS
_PRS
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CPS4
_PRW
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UAR2
_HID
_UID
_STA
_DIS
_CRS
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CPS4
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WAK_
PTS_
WAKE
IELK
_HID
ELR0
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PBLV
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ELPB
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ELGN
ELYL
PVEV
PBEN
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ELEN
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_STA
SMOD
GPBS
ARPB
DAPB
RUNT
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FAN1
FAN2
SMB1
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HSTS
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HCTL
HCMD
TSA_
HD0_
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AUXC
INIT
SMBR
SMBW
SRCR
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CHPD
PATD
SATD
SMBD
AZLD
A97D
M97D
ILND
UH0D
UH1D
UH2D
UH3D
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LPCD
EHCD
RP1D
RP2D
RP3D
RP4D
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PEX0
_ADR
PPS1
_PRW
ORP0
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RPID
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CPLT
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SSLC
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SSLS
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SQID
SPME
SPMP
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NSLC
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NSLS
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NQID
NPME
NPMP
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RPSC
PCEW
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PCWS
XPM1
XRPW
_PRT
PEX1
_ADR
PPS1
_PRW
ORP0
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RPID
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CPLT
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SSLC
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SSLS
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SQID
SPME
SPMP
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NSLC
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NSLS
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NQID
NPME
NPMP
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RPSC
PCEW
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PCWS
XPM1
XRPW
_PRT
PEX2
_ADR
PPS1
_PRW
ORP0
[ ]
RPID
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CPLT
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SSLC
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SSLS
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SQID
SPME
SPMP
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NSLC
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NSLS
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NQID
NPME
NPMP
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RPSC
PCEW
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PCWS
XPM1
XRPW
_PRT
PEX3
_ADR
PPS1
_PRW
ORP0
[ ]
RPID
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CPLT
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SSLC
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SSLS
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SQID
SPME
SPMP
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NSLC
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NSLS
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NQID
NPME
NPMP
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RPSC
PCEW
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PCWS
XPM1
XRPW
_PRT
PEX4
_ADR
PPS1
_PRW
ORP0
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RPID
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CPLT
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SSLC
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SSLS
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SQID
SPME
SPMP
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NSLC
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NSLS
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NQID
NPME
NPMP
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RPSC
PCEW
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PCWS
XPM1
XRPW
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PEX5
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ORP0
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RPID
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CPLT
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SSLC
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SSLS
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SQID
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SPMP
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NSLC
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NSLS
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NQID
NPME
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RPSC
PCEW
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PCWS
XPM1
XRPW
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APIC
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HPET
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_STA
UHC1
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UPS1
_PRW
USBR
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URES
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_ADR
UPS1
_PRW
USBR
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URES
_PSW
UHC3
_ADR
UPS1
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USBR
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URES
_PSW
UHC4
_ADR
UPS1
_PRW
USBR
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URES
_PSW
EHCI
_ADR
UPS1
_PRW
USBR
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URE2
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AC9M
_ADR
UPS1
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ACPM
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ACWE
_PSW
AZAL
_ADR
UPS1
_PRW
AZPM
[ ]
AZWE
_PSW
IDEC
_ADR
IDEC
[ ]
PRIT
SECT
PSIT
SSIT
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SYNC
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SDT0
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SDT1
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SDT2
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SDT3
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ICR0
ICR1
ICR2
ICR3
ICR4
ICR5
PRID
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_STM
P_D0
_ADR
_GTF
P_D1
_ADR
_GTF
_PS0
_PS3
GETP
GDMA
GETT
GETF
SETP
SDMA
SETT
IDES
_ADR
PRID
_ADR
P_D0
_ADR
_GTF
P_D1
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_GTF
SECD
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S_D0
_ADR
_GTF
S_D1
_ADR
_GTF
SI
TZ
_REV
OS
_OSI
GL
S0
S1
S3
S4
S5
_WAK
_PTS
GPIC
_PIC
DBG0
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IO80
ACMS
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CMSI
CMSD
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WAS4
OSTY
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HPEE
VOFF
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MSEP
[ ]
TPME
SPND
KBEP
MSAR
GPE0
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PXGS
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IGPO
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[ ]
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RTLN
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ILED

 

[Biban]

https://pasteboard.co/Jdga6du.jpg

I dont have any shutdowns or blue errors my screen is blinking but not all of the time yet it was blinking with the old psu too and its 10 year old malaysian Samsung

 

[Biban]

plugged the monitor in a separete contact and the horizontal lines are gone plus the noise is less and Im having doubts it can be the metal box cos it doesnt have any sound buffers if thats what its called can i take it out of the case and start the computer to see if its noisy ?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Sure you can start the PC with the PSU outside of the case.

Could be vibration, although Cougar is not a great brand of power supply manufacturers, so I wouldn't be surprised if the PSU just used a cheap and loud fan.

 

[Biban]

When tested in the store it was silent my first 1 had a small fan at the outside and this 1 is big downside

 

[John Chesterfield]

Cougar is junk, is it still new? If it is, I'd try to take it back and get a decent unit.

 

[Biban]

The warranty is 2 years I turned it back they tested it silent and said to bring the whole computer to find the problem .
The original PSU costs 4 times less than Cougar it worked 10 years without a single problem I shoudve bought 1 of them
A decent PSU costs more than a new PC