The good ole burning smell...

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sktrdm

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Hello Everybody,

I've had my computer for about three years now, and have always pushed it when it comes to high intensity games and have never had a problem. Recently, my psu died, so I had to get a new one. I switched it out for the same one as before, and that one blew out after a month. Just installed another one, and I'm testing games and graphics. It's getting that hot smell when I have on higher graphics for a while. Anybody know what's going on with this? Should I reapply thermal paste to my heat sink? Will that even do anything?

I have a...

ATI RADEON 4850

ASUS P5E-VM DO MOTHERBOARD

INTEL CPU QX6850 QUADCORE EXTREME

APEVIA X-Q PACK2 CASE THAT COMES WITH A 500 WATT PSU.

thanks for anything. :)
 
Do you know whats heating up? do you use a program that tells the temps of your components? I use CPUID Hardware monitor, its pretty nice.
 
Firstly, brand and model of powersupply? If you're buying the same model over and over there's your issue...
 
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