[SOLVED] Why does my pc smell like it’s burning

[Icyy2003]

I just build a pc like 3 days ago and while I was gaming I smelt a burning smell and my pc shut down and rebooted I’m not sure what’s happening

 

[Metro_2033_Fan]

A barbecue... seriously though what are your specs, have you done any overclocking, do you have adequate cooling?

 

[Icyy2003]

I have a ryzen 7 2700x. powercooler Radeon rx 580. Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 16GB. Msi b450 gaming pro carbon ac and the power supply is a 750w 80+bronze thermaltake smart series and I have a stock cooler that came with 2700x for storage I have 500gb wd blue m.2 and 2tb barracuda hardrive

 

[Icyy2003]

A barbecue... seriously though what are your specs, have you done any overclocking, do you have adequate cooling?

A barbecue... seriously though what are your specs, have you done any overclocking, do you have adequate cooling?

I have a ryzen 7 2700x. powercooler Radeon rx 580. Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 16GB. Msi b450 gaming pro carbon ac and the power supply is a 750w 80+bronze thermaltake smart series and I have a stock cooler that came with 2700x for storage I have 500gb wd blue m.2 and 2tb barracuda hardrive and I have 4 uphere fans installed plus a deep cool 3 fan rgb case

 

[Icyy2003]

A barbecue... seriously though what are your specs, have you done any overclocking, do you have adequate cooling?

I have done no overclocking but I changed my ram speed to 3200 in the bios screen

 

[Metro_2033_Fan]

That shouldn't be an issue for your ram especially if that's the intended stock speed for it. If you have all of those fan's on one fan controller that could be your issue if it's pulling that from a single usb header.

 

[Icyy2003]

That shouldn't be an issue for your ram especially if that's the intended stock speed for it. If you have all of those fan's on one fan controller that could be your issue if it's pulling that from a single usb header.

I felt like the smell was coming from the psu but I’m not 100% sure

 

[ProPlayerGR]

I felt like the smell was coming from the psu but I’m not 100% sure

Possibly, that PSU is a low quality one. If the smell was coming from the PSU you should buy a new and better one immediately. The PSU is the lifeblood of your system. What's your budget for a PSU?

 

[Metro_2033_Fan]

Thermaltake is usually reliable especially if it's 80+, but power supplies do fail at times. I would suggest plugging it in separately and turning it on to confirm.

 

[Icyy2003]

Possibly, that PSU is a low quality one. If the smell was coming from the PSU you should buy a new and better one immediately. The PSU is the lifeblood of your system. What's your budget for a PSU?

Around 100 cad

 

[Icyy2003]

Possibly, that PSU is a low quality one. If the smell was coming from the PSU you should buy a new and better one immediately. The PSU is the lifeblood of your system. What's your budget for a PSU?

It is a 750w 80+ bronze thermal take smart series

 

[Icyy2003]

Thermaltake is usually reliable especially if it's 80+, but power supplies do fail at times. I would suggest plugging it in separately and turning it on to confirm.

What do you mean exactly I’m new to pcs and all and I don’t wanna f anything up

 

[Metro_2033_Fan]

What do you mean exactly I’m new to pcs and all and I don’t wanna f anything up

I'm just suggesting take the psu outside of the case. 80+ is a certification ensuring the efficiency of a PSU; It's like a regulation or standard.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/what-80-plus-levels-mean,36721.html

 

[Icyy2003]

I'm just suggesting take the psu outside of the case. 80+ is a certification ensuring the efficiency of a PSU; It's like a regulation or standard.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/what-80-plus-levels-mean,36721.html

When I take it out what would I look for to see if there is anything wrong with it

 

[Metro_2033_Fan]

Aside from seeing black soot through the back grating of the PSU you could test it in a less expensive system and see if it does the same. Or if you're willing to take the risk you could always invoke a crash again with the PSU outside the case using a stress test. However, I personally think it would be better just to replace the PSU if you're fairly certain it's the culprit. Whatever you do don't physically open the PSU or stick anything inside of it; capacitors can hold charges for days and could easily kill you if you accidentally discharge it through your body.

 

[John Chesterfield]

Thermaltake is usually reliable especially if it's 80+, but power supplies do fail at times. I would suggest plugging it in separately and turning it on to confirm.

Not in my experience. Thermaltake is usually garbage, with the very odd good one here and there, namely their toughpower series.

Anything other than those models is junk.

 

[Mr.Spock]

check your cpu cooler, maybe it wasn't mounted properly and the cpu throttled then shut down.
also check your GPU and obviously the PSU. the three things that really do get hot during gaming.

Thermaltake's ToughPower series is average, the Smart Series a little less so - but you may have had a short or some dust/debris caught in there. Burning smell there is never a good thing.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

I've not had good luck with thermaltake PSUs. I would recommend to replace asap.

 

[Icyy2003]

Not in my experience. Thermaltake is usually garbage, with the very odd good one here and there, namely their toughpower series.

Anything other than those models is junk.

What would me a good power supply seeing my specs?

 

[Icyy2003]

check your cpu cooler, maybe it wasn't mounted properly and the cpu throttled then shut down.
also check your GPU and obviously the PSU. the three things that really do get hot during gaming.

Thermaltake's ToughPower series is average, the Smart Series a little less so - but you may have had a short or some dust/debris caught in there. Burning smell there is never a good thing.

How would I know it’s mounted properly

 

[Icyy2003]

Aside from seeing black soot through the back grating of the PSU you could test it in a less expensive system and see if it does the same. Or if you're willing to take the risk you could always invoke a crash again with the PSU outside the case using a stress test. However, I personally think it would be better just to replace the PSU if you're fairly certain it's the culprit. Whatever you do don't physically open the PSU or stick anything inside of it; capacitors can hold charges for days and could easily kill you if you accidentally discharge it through your body.

Thanks that’s what I’m doing at the moment I took my old pc and connected the 24 pin and just waiting if I smell the same ur burning smell

 

[Metro_2033_Fan]

What would me a good power supply seeing my specs?

Seasonic and Corsair are typically the most reliable. You probably could get the same wattage too, but I'd get 80+ gold certified.

View: https://youtu.be/lqThn3C-zg4

 

[Metro_2033_Fan]

Thanks that’s what I’m doing at the moment I took my old pc and connected the 24 pin and just waiting if I smell the same ur burning smell

Your PC needs to be put under load to draw any real power so be sure to use a stress test.

 

[ProPlayerGR]

Seasonic and Corsair are typically the most reliable. You probably could get the same wattage too, but I'd get 80+ gold certified.

View: https://youtu.be/lqThn3C-zg4

Not necessarily. EVGA make good units too. Also, if a unit has 80+ gold certification, it doesn't always mean that it's a good unit. But yes, seasonic and corsair make indeed good units, but not all of them are good. A good budget option would be the Corsair TX Series. Seasonic would be better, but their units tend to be more expensive.

 

[ProPlayerGR]

What would me a good power supply seeing my specs?

I'd recommend that you buy a better PSU, thermaltake don't make good units, they only have some good ones, but yours isn't a quality one. I wouldn't risk to stress test my PC if the smell comes from the PSU. If the PSU is failing, it may damage something in your PC. Mention your budget for a PSU please.