Simviation Forum - PSU adequacy

Sep 24^th, 2008 at 7:53am

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My PSU is EZcool 550w, do the figures below as given by Everest denote anything about the adequacy of the PSU.

SpeedFan shows that +12 as 11.19v & asus,s Probe 2 gives 11.93v.

Somebody remarked that I should go for better makes in case it burns out mobo, cpu the lot.

Is it safe to run my new system?

voltage values
cpu core 2.40v
aux 3.41
+3.3v 3.30
+5 5.54
+12 9.00
-12 2.78
-5 -0.02
+5standby 4.99

thanx, luke

« Last Edit: Sep 24^th, 2008 at 11:06am by luke »

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Reply #1 - Sep 24^th, 2008 at 3:38pm

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What is the spec of your PC? CPU, Graphics card, memory etc?

I would go for 700 and above, but 550 should be ok.

&&Q6600 (oc to 3.3ghz), P5KC, 4gb Corsair Dominator, Raptor 150gb, Seagate 500gb, XFX 8800GT

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Reply #2 - Sep 24^th, 2008 at 8:16pm

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It looks like your psu's 12V rail is a little over worked. Remember, a power supply's abilities are not constrained to the peak wattage of the device, but rather it's amperage per rail and the over all efficiency of the unit. Indeed, as rikm12345 pointed out, if you can give us an idea of your system's specs, we may be able to provide a bit more insite.

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Reply #3 - Sep 25^th, 2008 at 1:54am

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thank you, some specs are in signature below, or are these are any more usefull?

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Reply #4 - Sep 25^th, 2008 at 2:46pm

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Hi,

You have a similar setup to myself apart from the memory, which could do with being upgraded to 4gb 1066mhz ram.

I upgraded my PSU recently, and if you want to be on the safe side i would go for http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-018-OC&groupid=701&catid... Supply which im happy with.

Rik

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Reply #5 - Sep 26^th, 2008 at 11:27am

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Thanx Rik,
may have to change some time also the stock cpu cooler, as these begars are frightening me with their stories.
luke

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Reply #6 - Sep 27^th, 2008 at 8:10pm

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No probs Luke,

I would also recommend this CPU cooler over anything, http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-039-TR&groupid=701&catid...)

It's one of the best coolers out there. I purchased one not too long ago as my temps were a bit on the high side, noticed my temperatures drop right down, and was also able to overclock further than before.
It's a bit expensive but well worth it. You may find it cheaper on another website.

Rik

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Reply #7 - Oct 1^st, 2008 at 2:17pm

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thanx rik,
but it says it needs a large fan strapped ???? to it?
nick

Edit: is it like Congo's ?
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1221781047

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