Concerning smell from PC

[JackT22]

So I recently moved all my parts to a new pc case, specifically the NZXT h510 elite. I’m new to building PCs and mostly used YouTube tutorials and some knowledge from friends to complete the build. 
One I booted the pc up and started playing some games, I noticed there was a faint smell of burning plastic. Using the NZXT software that comes with the case I can see that my cpu sits at 50-60 Celsius, where my GPU is between 60-70 Celsius. I don’t think my parts are overheating, but my PC did shut off in the middle of a game once and hasn’t happened again today, but the smell still persists. Another thing I noticed was that my cpu was “working” 100% where my GPU is only using minimum at 15-20%. I have a ryzen 5 1500x and a gtx 1060 6gb.

 

My overall question would be, where could this smell be coming from and why? And is my GPU and CPU experiencing any bottlenecking?

[Duckster]

Are the temps for a cpu and gpu under load or idle?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

9 minutes ago, JackT22 said:

So I recently moved all my parts to a new pc case, specifically the NZXT h510 elite. I’m new to building PCs and mostly used YouTube tutorials and some knowledge from friends to complete the build. 
One I booted the pc up and started playing some games, I noticed there was a faint smell of burning plastic. Using the NZXT software that comes with the case I can see that my cpu sits at 50-60 Celsius, where my GPU is between 60-70 Celsius. I don’t think my parts are overheating, but my PC did shut off in the middle of a game once and hasn’t happened again today, but the smell still persists. Another thing I noticed was that my cpu was “working” 100% where my GPU is only using minimum at 15-20%. I have a ryzen 5 1500x and a gtx 1060 6gb.

 

My overall question would be, where could this smell be coming from and why? And is my GPU and CPU experiencing any bottlenecking?

Could also be power cables from your PSU. I would open it up and do a visual inspection for any melted wires, connectors, etc. Might even be the PSU itself if it's a poorly designed or constructed unit. 

[BlackManINC]

Just sniff it and see which part farted. 

[JackT22]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Could also be power cables from your PSU. I would open it up and do a visual inspection for any melted wires, connectors, etc. Might even be the PSU itself if it's a poorly designed or constructed unit. 

Okay I’ll check for that when I get back from work. I know when I was doing my cable management I did store some of the cords next to the battery. I also was thinking that it could just be the fans getting used for the first time, as all four are new.

[JackT22]

10 minutes ago, Duckster said:

Are the temps for a cpu and gpu under load or idle?

I was playing call of duty and those are them temps that they were at. I’d say the GPU sat at 69 Celsius while I played and the cpu at 56.

[JackT22]

6 minutes ago, BlackManINC said:

Just sniff it and see which part farted. 

I tried that, but seems like everything smells the same.