PSU running too hot

Rafael Mestdag

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This is my second PSU by Hoopster and it's running too hot again, whenever I touch it I can feel it's way hotter than normal. So far, no symptoms of a dying PSU. By the way, are there any symptoms of a dying PSU? What are they? How can I tell if it's dying??

PS: The claimed power of the PSU is 500W

My rig:

FX 6300
Mini-ATX Gigabyte motherboard
8GB RAM DDR3 (1333Mhz)
GTX 460 GDDR5 1GB
1x1TB HDD
1x500GB HDD
Windows 7 Home Premium
 

cheese9k

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I'd suggest you took the advice from your previous post (yesterday) and got a new PSU from a known brand.

Some symptoms of a dying PSU: Random crashes, instability during intense workloads, electrical sounding noises coming from the PSU is also a big giveaway.
 

edstargames

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As I write this, my Corsair HX850i is running at 32.5C. Do you have any way of measuring how hot yours is?
Is it's fan running?

Make sure the fan has ventilation space (e.g. not against a sheet of metal with no vent).

Personally I have never heard of 'Hoopster', they don't even have a website, I would buy a PSU from a proper brand like Corsair, EVGA, SeaSonic to name a few. Then, if you have any issues, you have a great customer support servaice team to talk with!

Ed
 

edstargames

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Never heard of Hoopster, neither has Google apart from a post with someone complaining about one. xD
I think that says enough...
 
Agreed, doesn't sound like a good brand. I honestly wouldn't have trusted the brand again if it caused me problems once. Try going for Corsair, Evga or SeaSonic PSUs...

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Haha is this a coincidence? We both suggested the same brands.
 

edstargames

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Maybe because they're the best :)
 

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Rafael Mestdag

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I think I have found out what was causing the occasional heating, it was my graphics card, it's an old GTX 460 which according to nVidia's site draws about 160W alone from the PSU. I noticed that everytime I play a demanding game it heats up again and then cools off after I quit.
 

edstargames

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Either way, I would change your PSU as you don't want it to heat up with a card like that.
Maybe upgrade the GPU when you get a change :)