Hi,
I recently upgraded from an older i5 4460 + GTX 1050 to a i5 10400 + 1660 super. A few days ago, I noticed a burning smell one night while playing flight simulator, so I immideately shut the PC down. I then opened the case, and ran flight simulator multiple times to stress the hardware and noticed absolutely nothing, it has been a few days now and I have not experienced this smell again. I am now worried that this might return sometime in the future and since this is a family PC my parents could be using it and may not react as quickly as I did.
Couple of points:
specs:
10400
2*8GB Gskill ram
1660s
2*HDD + 1SSD
430w Seasonic eco
Thanks
Vyom
I recently upgraded from an older i5 4460 + GTX 1050 to a i5 10400 + 1660 super. A few days ago, I noticed a burning smell one night while playing flight simulator, so I immideately shut the PC down. I then opened the case, and ran flight simulator multiple times to stress the hardware and noticed absolutely nothing, it has been a few days now and I have not experienced this smell again. I am now worried that this might return sometime in the future and since this is a family PC my parents could be using it and may not react as quickly as I did.
Couple of points:
- I had to return the new H410 Gigabyte motherboard and get an Asus H410 because I could hear a very annoying coil whine.
- I have a Seasonic ECO 430w 80+ bronze power supply. I hope it's not the power supply, but if I had to make a choice between getting rid of this or my other components it would have to be the PSU. However It hasn't really given me trouble in the 5 years I have been using it.
- I am a casual gamer, I primarily play GTA Online and Battlefield Online @ 1360*768 with friends during the weekend for a couple hours, and occassionally check out the latest offering in the market (Cyberpunk for now)
specs:
10400
2*8GB Gskill ram
1660s
2*HDD + 1SSD
430w Seasonic eco
Thanks
Vyom
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