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[rassej]

Any tips on cooling it? im kind of abusing it at the moment (using about 320w on a 250w powersuply).. of course the cooling doesn't like this so, any tips?

[Agallion]

uh,.,,u sure its a 250w psu..cause i dont think that should be possible..

[dling]

uh,.,,u sure its a 250w psu..cause i dont think that should be possible..

i agree w/ Agallion , if u r getting 350 watts then its a 350 psu.

im not sure that kinda wattage increase is possible

[kobalt]

Anyhow, to answer the Q. replace the current fan with a more powerful one (more cfm) that ought to cool the HS and components in the psu

[worker]

The power supply it can t be 250 watt? your computer would not even work or if it is working your problay burning up your power supply and could wreak your computer.

[exeter_acres]

I once modded a Psu bu cutting a hole on the bottom (inside the case) and adding a fan.....

 

it only had one fan acting as an exhaust......so adding a second fan helped exhaust hot air from the case and kept air flowing better through the PSU....

 

it was screwed on the outside. bottom of the PSU ( I had cut an 80mm hole in the PSU cover.....)

[MindDrive]

you can "get" 350 so called watts from a 250 watt ps - IF you add up all the hardware (fans, drives, mobo, lights, ect) then you can "plug in" over 250 watts of useage - but each device isnt going to be getting its full power usage - large harddrive activity mixed with cdrom activity and whatnot might make the lights dim a little if you use more wattage than your power supply can put out -0 or worse off - it might reboot out of nowhere if you excede your ps's wattage - carefull this is like giving your puter a brown out which might dammage components