Hey guys, I have Corsair RM550x that is turning on/off its fan in 65-70 min cycles when PC is on idle. When PSU fan is off I meassure 31W from wall and 21W when fan is off. Other PSUs are not like that and they are around 25W. Funny thing is that fan shouldnt even spin below 220W iirc and I found it hillarius that its using less power when fan is on. PC is working fine, but is this normal?
Edit: specs - MSI Z270-A PRO, intel G3930, 8gb ram, 2 sata SSD and no GPU
Only cpu fan is spinning and case fans are off. I can tell how much power it use just by looking at PSU fan.
Btw, is it possible to adjust fan curve on PSU? That might be a solution.
Im not worried about 10W and I also dont mind if fan would run constantly since its still silent, but feels like something is wrong and its still under warranty. Why would 550W PSU with 0 RPM mode overheat at 30W and start the fan. They dont provide fan speed curve, only fan noise curve, but still I believe that 0RPM should be up to 220W. And true that they dont even provide efficiency below 10% which is way above the power on idle.
To My knowledge you cannot control the PSU fan curve, it is most likely controlled by the output power, or heat. Fan spinning itself is not indication of overheating, it is part of normal operation.
If your case fans are off, it might be that temp inside the case is increasing slowly, and the psu fan is the first to trigger. Case fans in my opinion should be always on in idle to provide base fresh airflow. I would change their curves first and see does this remove the psu fan cycle.
I forgot to add specs, intel 3930, 2 sata SSDs, 8 GB ram and no gpu. CPU is at 1% and <40°C