I was checking out Neon's thread on the three PSU's to choose and it reminded me of how unstable my PSU looks. My specs: ABIT NF7-S 2.0 no mods Antec TRUEPOWER 430W AMD XP1700+ @ 2.37GHz (215x11@1.75V) SLK-900(A) with a TT SmartFan II @ 3800RPM 1x Corsair XMS 512MB PC3200LL RAM (11-3-3-2@2.9V) BBATI 9500PRO with a Zalman heatpipe cooler chillin @ 300/300 1x Western Digital 60GB 7200RPM 8MB Buffer HDD w/ Vantec Dual Fan HDD cooler 1x Maxtor MaXLine II Plus 250GB 7200RPM 8MB Buffer HDD w/ Vantec Dual Fan HDD cooler Lite-ON CD-R/RW 52x32x52x burner Lite-ON 16x/48x DVD-Rom, and a floppy drive Enermax 6-Fan Controller with LCD 3x Coolermaster Blue/white led 80mm fans, 1x raidmax red led 80mm fan, and the SmartFan II on the cpu The voltages (from ABIT EQ): VCORE: 1.68V DDRV: 2.99V +3.3V: 3.22V +5V: 4.87V +12V: 11.67 :wtf: -12V: -12.03 -5V: -4.95V 5VSB: 4.87V The only one that really scares me is the +12V rail... jeez, I've already checked my required PSU thing and I even added on a few fans and I got around 405W for a required PSU, this is a 430W. What do you think?
Seems like a low readout from the board. I mean your +3.3 and +5 lines also seem kinda low. If your rig is stable don't worry about it. Btw, you can also try MBM5 to see if it says the same. Edit- Sorry, here's a link to MBM. http://mbm.livewiredev.com/
Interesting Tek...ever since I did the change over to Intel my 12+ reads much the same as yours. Mine likes to float around 11.73 - 11.80. The system is totally stable but it has me worried as well; my other rails are right dead center which seems even weirder. I say if it's stable, and you haven't had any problems it is fine. However, you might want to think about getting something more powerful either way. I know my system should be okay but there is something about seeing those low voltages that makes you grind your teeth.
Well yeah thats what I meant, not stable as in CPU stable cause of overclocking - I know I'm stable there. I'm talking about the PSU I dont want the thing crapping out on me and killing my whole system ya know, it worries me. I'll try stock everything to see what it says, and in the BIOS I get the same results so I dont see why MBM would be any different.
Same here Tec. My 550 truepower tends to float a bit as well. The 12v rail is now steady at 11.85v since I shuffled power connectors a bit. Before it was bouncing from 11.86 too 11.80 I also lowered my temps 4c. The 5v rails always consistent at 4.78, 5v standby always 4.97. The 3.3v rail bounces a bit from 3.26 to 3.23. Guess it's the way Antec ships them. If I had the cash I'd upgrade to one of these. I like the idea of being able to up the rails a bit. http://www.antec-inc.com/us/pro_details_powerSupply.php?ProdID=20552
Tried everything at stock same thing for +12 rail and I think same for all other rails too. hmm:hmm: maybe antec psu's are just like that.
Yup, Besides, .33v (thirty three hundredths of a volt - a teeny bit really in relation to the rating) is regulated down quite a bit to provide the actual working voltage for the devices. So long as the regulated current is okey-dokey (and, say, your fans don't slow down in the heat of a big 3d battle, for instance) you should be fine. You'll likely find a difference to the good just like zerodamage did if you actually check with a meter. His sensed voltages were low too.
