Why do all the psu's i buy smell?

lobo4

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Oct 5, 2014
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hello, so after inspecting the smell in my computer i realized it was coming from the psu(500w unbranded),so i decided to replace it with a Corsair CX 600w. since i started using that, it also had a type of burning smell coming from it, so once again i replaced that one too with a EVGA 600b 600w. still the smell came from that psu as well. i don't know why my pc keeps burning the psu's i use. i know it's coming from them because the smell is literally being blown out of them. btw I've had each one for more then a month so i doubt this is the new smell you get from psu's.

specs:
Athlon II X4 750K
Graphics Card AMD Radeon R7 240 2GB
Hard Drive 1TB SATA3 6Gbps
Optical Drive 24x DVD/CD Rewriter
Memory 8GB
EVGA 600B 600w
Case CiT Venom with Blue LED Fan
Motherboard Gigabyte F2A58M-HD2
Hyper evo 212
 


i have been using a surge protector though so i don't see why this would happen.
 


but i literally put my nose to the back of the psu and can smell it blowing it out. i can even smell it when im at my desk.
 


You know i'm really starting to think this is the case or either my computer really doesn't like them.