Ambient temps

[FP]

My Antec Neopower480 PSU recently died and I am wondering if it has to do with the environment I run my computer in.

During the day the ambient temp. ranges between 26 and 29C (80-85F). My CPU runs around 43C and the case temp is around 38C.

I run my computer 24x7.

Could these temps have blown the PSU?

EDIT: Those temps are only during the afternoons. The rest of the day the temps are much cooler.

 

[VinDSL]

Hrm...

Well, I've been using a 3.0GHz Intel Northwood for well over a year 24/7/365, and it's always run at 35~45C without issue. So, personally, I don't consider that a problem. However, your case temp seems out of control! If you've got a 'problem', I would judge that's it...

 

[RalfHutter]

I highly doubt that ambient temps are your problem. I've been using Antec PSUs for years and the ambient afternoon temps in my house run around 80-85° all year round, except for 3-4 months during the summer/fall when the daily ambient runs 95-105° in the afternoon/evening and never gets lower than 82-90° ever. (Knock wood) I've never had a PSU fail yet, Antec or otherwise.

 

[996GT2]

talk to the antec support guy on this forum

 

[FP]

Originally posted by: VinDSL
Hrm...

Well, I've been using a 3.0GHz Intel Northwood for well over a year 24/7/365, and it's always run at 35~45C without issue. So, personally, I don't consider that a problem. However, your case temp seems out of control! If you've got a 'problem', I would judge that's it...

My case temps (~38C) are out of whack? Those don't seem too high to me. What are yours?

 

[VinDSL]

Case temp is 24C right now... CPU is 36.5C

*edit*

Here a screen cap for you...

 

[neothe0ne]

As far as I'm aware, case =/= mainboard... what are you talking about?

 

[FP]

My ambient temps are higher than 24C so there is not way my case temps can get to that level. My ambients are around 30-38C.

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: neothe0ne
As far as I'm aware, case =/= mainboard... what are you talking about?

My theory is the motherboard cannot be cooler than the case...

 

[VinDSL]

Originally posted by: binister
My ambient temps are higher than 24C so there is not way my case temps can get to that level. My ambients are around 30-38C.

Sorry for being rudementary, but you are evacuating the warm air using case fans, right -- fans mounted in all your blowholes -- front, back, side, et cetera?

*edit*

N/M -- I missed those new 'ambient' temps. In the OP you said 26~29C on peak, and much cooler the rest of the time -- so, yeah, 24C is out of reach, for sure!

Well, I guess you're doing all you can! Maybe you just had a flakey PSU and it decided to die for no good reason. Good luck with the new one!