Corsair RM850 too hot??

[MalaCraft]

Hey Guys,

 

i know it is normal for the corsair rm series that the fan isnt active till like 40% load,

but is it normal that the psu casing gets hot? it is almost as hot as the backplate of my gtx 780. 

(all that under gaming load)

 

so is all safe or do i have to worry?

 

thanks guys

[Fred Castellum]

You should be fine OP. My PSU gets hot under load too, just make sure the fan on the thing is actually working. 

[tryphaa]

The fan will spin when it has to, you'll be fine.

[TheNinjaNextDor]

It's safe and the fan is designed to not spin until 50% load.

[Elven]

yeah, it is fine. temperatures will seem hot and the fan will not spin until certain power requirements. Most components will be rated for good use at excess of 90 degrees C.

[MalaCraft]

Ok good.

 

Thanks a lot for your fast answers!!!

[Nineshadow]

On my PSU,which also has a system which turns off the fan when it isn't needed,the fan kicks in when the PSU reaches 50 celsius.

[quan289]

The first revision of the RM750/850 had shown that the fan doesn't spin up to ~70% load, where it can get rather hot. In fact, the first revision (October 19 2013 or so and back) were the ones that had potential thermal issues with them. http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=123484