Re: Power Supplies advice ?

From: Joseph (Joe_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 02/22/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 21:13:48 -0600

I have the 64 bit AMD, so running two banks of 512K to give me 1 Gig on
normal.

That power supply sounds ok, and it puts out over 400 Watts, or I should say
suppose to.

Toms Hardware tested some and the one I mentioned is about what they
recomend, most of the others don't put out what they say.

"BAR" <BAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7577EEC1-5F39-4BA8-B9C3-E4A49C2BE32C@microsoft.com...
> 1. For reassurance: does your PC run properly?
>
> OR
>
> 2. Does it crash frequently?
>
> If the answer is YES to 1 then don't worry.
> If the answer is YES to 2 then PANIC and buy anything that you think is
> going to fix it, well not really: but if you haave lots of RAM you need to
> be
> sure that you have a Power SUpply that puts out >300Watts.
>
> It's the power that helps the PC do it's work, not the volts.
>
>
>
> "RonK" wrote:
>
>> If you are not having any problems, your power supply is doing fine.
>> Probe
>> shows my voltage at 11.685 but when I check it with a real voltmeter it
>> is
>> delivering 12.12 volts.
>> You can't trust some of the monitoring programs.
>>
>>
>> "Joseph" <Joe@nowhere.com> wrote in message
>> news:9tSdnWGvFcVJ_offRVn-rg@giganews.com...
>> > I just built a new Asus A8V Deluxe, running a AMD 3500+, two SATA
>> > Hard,
>> > and one Ultra ATA. Running the two SATA as STA IDE mode 7, (No Raid),
>> > Win
>> > XP sp2.
>> >
>> > Anyway I bought the power supply localy, and now they don't even carry
>> > them. All the box says is it's a SP power supply. And I notice it puts
>> > out
>> > 11.612 Volts (+12) constantly, and the + 5 volt has spikes on it.
>> > This is what I'm seeing with the Asus Probe program.
>> >
>> > Thinking about getting a Antec True 480,.
>> >
>> > Would I gain anything on the +12 being up there where it shold be, and
>> > could that +5 constant ripple be bad news ?
>> > I'm looking at it here, the +5 goes from 5.107 to 5.134 constantly.
>> >
>>
>>
>>

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