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System Name | --- |
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Processor | FX 8350 @ 4.00 Ghz with 1.28v |
Motherboard | Gigabyte 990FX-UD3 v4.0, Hacked Bios F4.x |
Cooling | Silenx 4 pipe Tower cooler + 2 x Cougar 120mm fan, 3 x 120mm, 1 x 200 mm Red LED fan |
Memory | Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 16GB + Patriot Memory DDR3 1866 16GB |
Video Card(s) | Asus R9 290 OC @ GPU - 1050, MEM - 1300 |
Storage | Inland 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD for OS, WDC Black - 2TB + 1TB Storage, Inland 480GB SSD - Games |
Display(s) | 3 x 1080P LCDs - Acer 25" + Acer 23" + HP 23" |
Case | AeroCool XPredator X3 |
Audio Device(s) | Built-in Realtek |
Power Supply | Corsair HX1000 Modular |
Software | Windows 10 Pro 64 bit |
PSU - COOLER MASTER eXtreme RP-500-PCAR 500W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171018
Based on the sticker it seems like manufactured by Seventeam (E141400)
Based on the TPU (Pancho's) PSU guide Seventeam is supposed to be a good OEM manufacturer of PSUs.
Now here is the problem -
Bought this PSU like 1.5 yrs ago. Working great till now. But the Fan is like a Jumbo Jet when the PSU is under load and like a V8 engine when not. It was on the guest computer so to annoy them is perfect
Now I am rebuilding my home server and need to replace the 350w Ultra (ultra quiet one) with more watts. The server is going to run a Phenom 9500 (earlier it was running BE2400 45w cpu), i need more cores for my project.
So I thought if I make the PSU quiet, it will hold me for a while. So got brave and opened up the PSU grill to reach the fan inside and unplugged it. Replaced with a high cfm quiet Xigmatek 120mm fan. The fan that came out is 2 pin and the new one is 3 pin, i managed to connect the right pins and the fan is super quiet, but it spins with low rpm.
So when the PSU is powered on and the phenom sucks juice to start, the air that comes out of the PSU is not really warm, but that warm hardware smell is there. When I put the Phenom under load, the fan seems to increase rpm and i can feel the air coming, this time bit warmer and more warm hardware smell. I don't remember smelling this before replacing the fan and when in use 6 months ago.
So did I mess something up? Is the PSU going to die? Should I just put in a better PSU? Or is this normal for those CM PSUs.
I have a brand new Antec Trio 430W that needs to go to a customer, should I put that in?
Also is this Corsair 400W a good one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008
My system absolute load will not be more than 300W (used with Kill-A-Watt).
Just need it to be Quiet, Stable and long running.
Specs:
Abit mobo powering Phenom 9500 @2.6Ghz, 1.27V
8GB DDR2 800 Ram
1 IDE drive for OS
2 SATA for storage and Virtuals
1 PCI-E X600SE Video card
1 Samsung DVDRW
1 AeroCool Coolwatch fan controlling and temp monitoring guage.
1 PCI Gig Nic Card
1 PCI SATA card
1 Coolermaster 120mm Rear Blue LED fan
1 Coolermaster 120mm Front regular fan
All in Coolermaster Elite 335 case with loads of airflow.
Can someone help me on this. Sorry for the long explanation.
Thanks,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171018
Based on the sticker it seems like manufactured by Seventeam (E141400)
Based on the TPU (Pancho's) PSU guide Seventeam is supposed to be a good OEM manufacturer of PSUs.
Now here is the problem -
Bought this PSU like 1.5 yrs ago. Working great till now. But the Fan is like a Jumbo Jet when the PSU is under load and like a V8 engine when not. It was on the guest computer so to annoy them is perfect
Now I am rebuilding my home server and need to replace the 350w Ultra (ultra quiet one) with more watts. The server is going to run a Phenom 9500 (earlier it was running BE2400 45w cpu), i need more cores for my project.
So I thought if I make the PSU quiet, it will hold me for a while. So got brave and opened up the PSU grill to reach the fan inside and unplugged it. Replaced with a high cfm quiet Xigmatek 120mm fan. The fan that came out is 2 pin and the new one is 3 pin, i managed to connect the right pins and the fan is super quiet, but it spins with low rpm.
So when the PSU is powered on and the phenom sucks juice to start, the air that comes out of the PSU is not really warm, but that warm hardware smell is there. When I put the Phenom under load, the fan seems to increase rpm and i can feel the air coming, this time bit warmer and more warm hardware smell. I don't remember smelling this before replacing the fan and when in use 6 months ago.
So did I mess something up? Is the PSU going to die? Should I just put in a better PSU? Or is this normal for those CM PSUs.
I have a brand new Antec Trio 430W that needs to go to a customer, should I put that in?
Also is this Corsair 400W a good one?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008
My system absolute load will not be more than 300W (used with Kill-A-Watt).
Just need it to be Quiet, Stable and long running.
Specs:
Abit mobo powering Phenom 9500 @2.6Ghz, 1.27V
8GB DDR2 800 Ram
1 IDE drive for OS
2 SATA for storage and Virtuals
1 PCI-E X600SE Video card
1 Samsung DVDRW
1 AeroCool Coolwatch fan controlling and temp monitoring guage.
1 PCI Gig Nic Card
1 PCI SATA card
1 Coolermaster 120mm Rear Blue LED fan
1 Coolermaster 120mm Front regular fan
All in Coolermaster Elite 335 case with loads of airflow.
Can someone help me on this. Sorry for the long explanation.
Thanks,