Just built a new rig
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz
8gb Corsair vengeance
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 MOBO
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W PSU
Rosewill CHALLENGER Black case (placeholder)
XFX Radeon HD 6970 2GB
Everything works a treat with one significant exception when the graphics card is under load (battlefield, skyrim, witcher2) It begins to smell like burnt electronics. Here is the kicker even while its smelling up the place I have never seen the card go over 50c. My place is an ice box because i have always enjoyed a good chill so the cards temps stay low and im constantly checking it. Regardless the smell is very noticeable bt only appears when Im doing something demanding. Is this normal? should i just RMA it? what do I do this is soiling an otherwise awesome first rig experience!!!
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz
8gb Corsair vengeance
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 MOBO
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W PSU
Rosewill CHALLENGER Black case (placeholder)
XFX Radeon HD 6970 2GB
Everything works a treat with one significant exception when the graphics card is under load (battlefield, skyrim, witcher2) It begins to smell like burnt electronics. Here is the kicker even while its smelling up the place I have never seen the card go over 50c. My place is an ice box because i have always enjoyed a good chill so the cards temps stay low and im constantly checking it. Regardless the smell is very noticeable bt only appears when Im doing something demanding. Is this normal? should i just RMA it? what do I do this is soiling an otherwise awesome first rig experience!!!