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Replace PSU?

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egroeg555

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I have a Corsair TX650 from 2010, and the fan runs all the time making a more noise than I'd like, though I've been putting up with it. I think it used to spin the fan down at low load. Not sure if this means it's going bad or the fan controller died.

At what point is it typical to replace a PSU? Should I be looking into replacing it with a RM750x or similar?

I'm currently running a 2500k and gtx 970.
 
Like pendragon1 said: give it a good cleaning first.
 
but did you use compressed air to blow out the inside or just clean the fan off? you need to blow all the dist/dirt from the internals too.
 
Your system uses at most 400 watts when overclocked (assuming typical system configuration), no joke. At stock clocks, you wouldn't even hit 300 watts.
 
Tsumi said:
Your system uses at most 400 watts when overclocked (assuming typical system configuration), no joke. At stock clocks, you wouldn't even hit 300 watts.
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Okay thanks for the info. Yeah I didn't really think I have a high load system.

Any advice about my fan being always on?
 
Potentially your thermistor (the thing that controls your PSU fan speed) died, or your PSU fan is on its last legs. I would lean towards the fan dying, which can be replaced relatively easily.
 
egroeg555 said:
Okay thanks for the info. Yeah I didn't really think I have a high load system.

Any advice about my fan being always on?
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is it still doing it after giving it a really good blow out? if so then yeah what T said could apply. you can try and swap in a new fan or replace the unit it that doesnt help as you wont be able to change the temp sensor in the psu.
 
Tsumi said:
Potentially your thermistor (the thing that controls your PSU fan speed) died, or your PSU fan is on its last legs. I would lean towards the fan dying, which can be replaced relatively easily.
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What do you mean by the fan dying? It still spins very smoothly when I rotated it while I was cleaning.

I'll give it a second look for dedusting it.
 
The bearings could be going out, but since it spins smooth that doesn't seem to be the case. The last option is a bad temperature sensor.
 
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