PSU High Temps

Posted by AntwanMinson@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 5 comments

Is my PUS Running hot? it's a 1200W NZXT PSU and it has the zero rpm mode on. Sitting at idle it's between 95-110 F. For reference when I use the heat gun on my wife's computer I see temps from 80-90 F. Attached is an image of my PSU.

Is this amount of heat normal for just it idling? there is no background tasks and the monitors are off. I can see on my stream deck my CPU and GPU are idling at max maybe 3%. I do have a 4090 and 2070 super in there but that shouldn't be affecting the PSU temps at idle right?

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Natural-You4322@reddit

The temp is very high for a human. Barely anything for a psu

Antenoralol@reddit

Ah the C1200. When I owned one it also ran hot and it ended up exploding.

Swapped to a Corsair HX1200i and it's remained cool.

AntwanMinson@reddit (OP)

Shouldn't something from NZXT have a warranty? How so did it blow up? It just stopped working?

forevertired1982@reddit

When talking about pc components everyone talks in degrees c,

But thats literally only 43c the components inside your psu will be rated for 125c.

aragorn18@reddit

Does the fan run while idle? Those numbers aren't really concerning.