Hi guys, first post here. So I just built a new system, i5-6600k, Gigabyte z170x gaming 7, Gskill ripjaws 5, Thermaltake toughpower 850 gold (PS-TPD-0850MPCGUS-1). Using my 7970 from my previous setup. I've been testing out the system. I have the i5 running at 4.4 GHz at stock voltage, the ram at 3200 with default XMP settings. Ran those through prime95 for a few hours yesterday while playing some games without any problems.
Turned up the 7970 to 1125 Mhz core and 1575 memory with MSI afterburner today (which was fine on the old system). Played Crisis 2 for about 15 minutes, everything was fine. Then I hear this loud popping sound from the case, and the computer shuts down. This is followed by a strong burning smell - my gf who was about 15 feet away started complaining of the smell. My first thought it "oh **** I've fried the whole thing". I unplug everything, open up the case. Can't exactly localize the smell, but seems to be maybe from the PSU.
I press the power button, and to my surprise the computer starts right up. So far, everything actually seems fine. Have been slowly increasing the workload, first ran prime95 again. Eventually ran some games with the GPU at stock, and then increased it to the 1125/1575. I was only brave enough to run this for about 5 minutes or so at full load, but everything seemed ok, no popping or burning smell.
So, my question is - what happens seemed really bad, but now everything is working ok. Did I fry my PSU? If so, shouldn't it not be working? Thinking about sending the PSU in for an RMA anyways, but the computer is otherwise currently running great. Should I worry or not worry?
Turned up the 7970 to 1125 Mhz core and 1575 memory with MSI afterburner today (which was fine on the old system). Played Crisis 2 for about 15 minutes, everything was fine. Then I hear this loud popping sound from the case, and the computer shuts down. This is followed by a strong burning smell - my gf who was about 15 feet away started complaining of the smell. My first thought it "oh **** I've fried the whole thing". I unplug everything, open up the case. Can't exactly localize the smell, but seems to be maybe from the PSU.
I press the power button, and to my surprise the computer starts right up. So far, everything actually seems fine. Have been slowly increasing the workload, first ran prime95 again. Eventually ran some games with the GPU at stock, and then increased it to the 1125/1575. I was only brave enough to run this for about 5 minutes or so at full load, but everything seemed ok, no popping or burning smell.
So, my question is - what happens seemed really bad, but now everything is working ok. Did I fry my PSU? If so, shouldn't it not be working? Thinking about sending the PSU in for an RMA anyways, but the computer is otherwise currently running great. Should I worry or not worry?
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