are my volt's ok?

dancerdancer Blue Mountains, Australia
edited July 2004 in Hardware
Hi.
I have a 470w Topower PSU, and too many hdd's etc.
I have attatched a pic of my volts, just making sure that they are ok.
And if not, what would be the best psu for me.
Possibly looking at the
Antec 550 Truepower.

Thanks.
volts.jpg

Comments

  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited June 2004
    They are within tolerance but on the low side. The Antec you mentioned is a great Power Supply.
  • dancerdancer Blue Mountains, Australia
    edited June 2004
    Sometimes when i try to print some disks on my canon i865 printer it'l just hang the system.
    So i was thinking it could be the psu.
    6 Sata hdd's, 4 Optical devices, Floppy, Usb mouse, K/b, printer, card reader, couple of external usb hdd's, internally powered watercooler, Gfx5900xt, P4 2.4c @3.12
    Plus i might want to add more.
    The otheroption i was thinking about would be to mod a case with 2 psu's.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited June 2004
    All those HDDs are lowering your 12V line. Man thats a lot of stuff.
  • dancerdancer Blue Mountains, Australia
    edited June 2004
    592gb hdd. (2x36g Raptors, 2x120g sata maxtors, 1x 120g sata seagate, 1x 160gb sata seagate.)
    2 dvdburners, 1 dvd-rom, 1 cd-rw.
  • dancerdancer Blue Mountains, Australia
    edited July 2004
    well i went and got that antec 550w'er.
    Much better now.
    Also changed to 2x200gb seagate sata's instead of 120+160.
    Thanks.
    volts2.jpg
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2004
    Your 3.3V Rail is much better now.
  • radarradar
    edited July 2004
    hey i am new to this but where are you making these graphs from?
  • dancerdancer Blue Mountains, Australia
    edited July 2004
    i'm using Motherboard Monitor to monitor my vols and temps, then just doing a Prt Scr and copy the clipboard to MS Paint, then edit out the rest of the desktop.
  • radarradar
    edited July 2004
    where can i get the mother board monitor?
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited July 2004
    On the short-media downloads section:
    http://www.short-media.com/download.php?dc=47
  • radarradar
    edited July 2004
    I downloaded the file and ran it but it just brings up the command prompt and then closes it... i am running windows 2000 server...
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