Very hot on top of PSU..

shankly1985 · 22 Apr 2015 at 01:39

Is it normal for a PSU to feel quite hot? never touched mine before but had to move couple cables around tonight and when I felt the top the PSU is was very hot..

PSU is Superflower 1000w 80+ platinum.

MasterOC · 22 Apr 2015 at 06:59

Depends what loads its been under but most sit between 30c & 50c internally but can exhaust hotter temps ( 60c ) I have the 1200 platinum and must say never felt anything from the chassis nor the vents . But I will bench it for an hour or so later and get back to you seeing as we are using similar PSU's , tbh with it being such a well rated PSU I would have thought it would be uber efficiant in not kicking out to much waste heat

Ace Modder · 22 Apr 2015 at 09:19

I've never experienced a PSU actually getting hot to touch on the outter chassis before.

pastymuncher · 22 Apr 2015 at 09:33

The only time I have ever felt the outer casing of a psu get hot is when my crappy Hiper Type R 580w blew up (literally, big bang and flames and change of underwear time

). Normally the casing should be cool. What is yours powering and does it have adequate ventilation?

shankly1985 · 22 Apr 2015 at 11:22

Not really what I wanted to hear lol

See images from here
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=27936882&postcount=402

Hopefully its not an issue.

pastymuncher · 22 Apr 2015 at 12:11

Airflow should be ok, if I remember right that case has a decent size intake for the psu. It's not on a carpet is it? If the psu intake has a filter is it clear? That psu has a hybrid fan mode so is the fan actually kicking in?

shankly1985 · 22 Apr 2015 at 12:21

pastymuncher said:
Airflow should be ok, if I remember right that case has a decent size intake for the psu. It's not on a carpet is it? If the psu intake has a filter is it clear? That psu has a hybrid fan mode so is the fan actually kicking in?

Its up on a desk, PSU is in Eco mode am not sure about fan kicking in. PSU filter is clear.. I might try taking it out of Eco mode.