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Hello there so I'm worried about something that might be a problem. when I boot my computer up after like a day, there's a loud fan noise coming from the PSU but when I'm on my desktop it stops and it's all quiet again. plus according to Speccy and other programs my temperatures are really cool. should I change my PSU quick before it does damage?

CPU: I7-3770 (Around at 35-40 idle)
GPU:GTX 970 (Around at 25-30 idle)
Motherboard:ASUS P8H61-M LX3 Plus r2.0 (Around at 20 idle)
And both of my HDD's Run at 25 idle

And my PSU is a Corsair VS550 It's not that great, and I'm looking to replace it to a Coolermaster V550

Thanks for all the help in advance! :)
 
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Karadjgne
It's a definite step up in psu quality, the CM V500S is a Seasonic based psu, so that's a pretty awesome choice. During boot, mainly when bios/cmos have control of things during post, everything spins up high, it's part of the function tests and load on the system. Could that vs500 be stressed? Possibly. Could it be a precursor of fan bearing failure? Possibly. You are right about the VS being lower end units, and those always have to be taken with a grain of salt. It's pretty much a given that the possibility that they will fail long before a quality unit exists. Would I swap it just on possible issues? Yes. But thats me, (and maybe others) but it finally is your decision.

The only thing that can hurt is your wallet. If the fan does...
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It's a definite step up in psu quality, the CM V500S is a Seasonic based psu, so that's a pretty awesome choice. During boot, mainly when bios/cmos have control of things during post, everything spins up high, it's part of the function tests and load on the system. Could that vs500 be stressed? Possibly. Could it be a precursor of fan bearing failure? Possibly. You are right about the VS being lower end units, and those always have to be taken with a grain of salt. It's pretty much a given that the possibility that they will fail long before a quality unit exists. Would I swap it just on possible issues? Yes. But thats me, (and maybe others) but it finally is your decision.

The only thing that can hurt is your wallet. If the fan does fail and you don't know it, Corsair unit protections are actually pretty good, they tend to die quietly, by themselves, unlike other cheaper units that can take out gpus and motherboards. So chances are good you'd be fine.
 
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