Hey OCN,
So I have recently upgraded my rig, I got a new MSI gaming mobo should be one of the newest on the market, the AMD R9 290, and an Intel i7-4770k processor along already have 16 gigs of DDR3 RAM, the computer ran fine in the beginning (approx 2 months ago since I got it all and installed it), but now when I play BF4 I get a weird smell of burning rubber coming from my PC (I'd say from my PSU fan. The only old component is the PSU which is a 750W old PSU (I know being cheap when it comes to getting a PSU as well is a bad move, but I wanted to see if it could manage the newer components), I am by no means an expert on the topic, but from doing a little reading I think it might be the PSU burning up, (NOTE: only occurs when playing BF4 on near max settings - game runs fine but burning smell occurs). For now the computer seems to be running fine, game runs fine, even BF4 when the burning smell occurs, I just want someone to confirm if it's the PSU or if it might be something else, additionally, if my PSU burned out, what harm would come from that other than the fact that the PSU would be dead? any suggestions on a new PSU I should get?
Thanks for reading!
So I have recently upgraded my rig, I got a new MSI gaming mobo should be one of the newest on the market, the AMD R9 290, and an Intel i7-4770k processor along already have 16 gigs of DDR3 RAM, the computer ran fine in the beginning (approx 2 months ago since I got it all and installed it), but now when I play BF4 I get a weird smell of burning rubber coming from my PC (I'd say from my PSU fan. The only old component is the PSU which is a 750W old PSU (I know being cheap when it comes to getting a PSU as well is a bad move, but I wanted to see if it could manage the newer components), I am by no means an expert on the topic, but from doing a little reading I think it might be the PSU burning up, (NOTE: only occurs when playing BF4 on near max settings - game runs fine but burning smell occurs). For now the computer seems to be running fine, game runs fine, even BF4 when the burning smell occurs, I just want someone to confirm if it's the PSU or if it might be something else, additionally, if my PSU burned out, what harm would come from that other than the fact that the PSU would be dead? any suggestions on a new PSU I should get?
Thanks for reading!