Is your Enermax PSU running *hot* ?

[VBboy]

My Enermax 465-VE (FC) gets extremely hot on the side, and it seems hotter than the CPU's heatsink. The PSU heats up the case, driving up the temperature of the CPU as well.

I don't have more drives or other hardware than anyone else, so it's not because of my system's setup..

Is anyone else experiencing hot PSU problems?

** Edit: 2 cooling fans (exhaust) on the back, 1 cooling fan (intake) on the front **

 

[bonkers325]

<< My Enermax 465-VE (FC) gets extremely hot on the side, and it seems hotter than the CPU's heatsink. The PSU heats up the case, driving up the temperature of the CPU as well.

I don't have more drives or other hardware than anyone else, so it's not because of my system's setup..

Is anyone else experiencing hot PSU problems? >>



u need better cooling for your case
u need to find a way to get the hot air out

 

[Jittos]

i dont have the PSU you have, but i notice that it gets hot too, but def not hotter than HS tho. maybe you should add more case fans?

 

[OS]

Yes, when I swapped PSs, my case temps shot up alot.

 

[VBboy]

OuterSquare,

What do you have now, and what did you have previously?

 

[OS]

the &quot;whisper&quot; 431 watt guy. Used to have some POS &quot;300 Watt&quot; PS.

Huge difference in heat. The outside of my case use to be cool to the touch. Now it's actually uncomfortable to touch the outside of my case. I had to take the cover off my case

 

[RanDum72]

Enermax PS are known to run hot. I have the 431watter and before that, I had the 330w. Both run hot.

 

[MCS]

Mine runs pretty hot too, but the fans seems to do a good job.

Mine smelled horrible for over a week when I got it too!

 

[Shmorq]

<< Mine smelled horrible for over a week when I got it too! >>

LOL! Mine had that same problem.

My Whipser 431 Watter also runs fairly warm. I wouldn't go so far as to say hot however. Maybe something is wrong with your temperature sensor where the second fan isn't being activated.

 

[Jhhnn]

Be sure the three pin fan lead is plugged in somewhere, otherwise the rear fan won't run at all. Tape the sensor to something that gets warm, like the top of a HDD, or short the sensor leads together(not to anything else) to make the rear fan run at max rpm.

What case and fans are you using?

 

[MCS]

The fan lead is for the REAR fan then, not the bottom fan?

I wondered why the bottom fan worked whether I plugged the lead in or not!

 

[RanDum72]

The smell is Enermax's &quot;brand new smell&quot;. It goes away after a few days

 

[whitelight]

i have an antec 350w. it gets the top of the case pretty hot also. i'm thinking of drilling a blow hole up top or getting a bay freezer to get rid of that hot air.

 

[MCS]

<< The smell is Enermax's &quot;brand new smell&quot;. It goes away after a few days >>



Yes. But it still worried me a lot at the time! Then I smelt the box it came in and that smelt very similiar so I just put it down to being new.