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06-04-2011
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#1 | | Windows 7 Home x64 & Windows XP Pro x86 |
power issue Hello
This is my Current System:-
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 (fully updated)
Windows XP Profesional x86 (fully updated to SP3)
Zalman GS1200 Pro Tower Case
Fractal Design Newton R2 1000W Modular PSU
Asus Crosshair IV Formula
AMD Phenom II 1100T x6
Zalman CNPS9900-MAX CPU Cooler
Corsair Vengeance 4x 4gb 1600mhz
XFX Radeon HD6870
2x WD 20EARS 2TB Sata drives
1x Samsung Writemaster sata2 DVD ROM
Netgear DG834PPN Wireless Router (Connected via LAN)
2x200mm Zalman 'Built-in' Fans
1x120mm Noctua NF-S12 (the Prototype of NF-S12B)
2X92mm Fractal Design Silent Series
I had a problem recently, my PSU stopped working slowly. so i bought
this PSU 'http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/powersupplies/fd-newtonr2-psus'
my question:- is there a way to find out if my PSU is overtaxed
(without external devices)?
this info is taken from the bios on system startup/idle, will it help?
CPU 1.323v
CPU/NB 1.158v
cpu/vdda 2.527v
dram 1.574v
HT 1.217v
NB 1.118v
SB 1.111v
3.3V 3.312v
5V 5.059v
12V 12.158v
thank you for your patience.
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number User-built (and proud of it!) OS Windows 7 Home x64 & Windows XP Pro x86 CPU AMD Phenom II 1100T x6. Motherboard Asus Crosshair IV Formula. Memory Corsair Vengeance 4x 4gb 1600mhz. Graphics Card XFX Radeon HD 6970 + Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo II Sound Card Onboard 7.1 Creative X-FI. Monitor(s) Displays LG 42LK450u 42" LCD HD TV Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080. Keyboard Trust Media Centre with Built in Trackball. Mouse Logitech Trackball. PSU Fractal Design Newton R2 1000W Modular. Case Antec 1200 V3 Full Tower. Cooling Zalman CPU Cooler CNPS9900-MAX Blue. Hard Drives 2x WD 20EARS 2TB.
1x SG Barracuda 3TB. Internet Speed 4.3 Mb/s download and 1.2 Mb/s Upload Other Info 1x200mm Antec 3-speed Blue LED Fan.
5x120mm Antec 3-Speed Blue LED Fan.
Samsung Writemaster Sata DVD-RW.
2x300mm Blue Cold Cathodes.
2xBlue Cold Cathode Rods. System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion 601 OS Windows 7 Ultimate CPU Intel P4 3.4Ghz Dual Processor Motherboard Austek Memory 2GB Graphics Card Integrated 82915G Chipset 128MB Sound Card Intel HD integtrated Monitor(s) Displays HP2009m 20' HD Wide Screen Screen Resolution 1600x900 Hard Drives WD 250GB WD 500GB External Internet Speed 30mb |
06-04-2011
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#3 | | Windows 7 Home x64 & Windows XP Pro x86 |
it says 584W recommended but my last psu was 750 (3 years old) and it failed. I have upgraded to 1000W. the web-site says amps are justs as important as watts. can somebody explain that to me? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number User-built (and proud of it!) OS Windows 7 Home x64 & Windows XP Pro x86 CPU AMD Phenom II 1100T x6. Motherboard Asus Crosshair IV Formula. Memory Corsair Vengeance 4x 4gb 1600mhz. Graphics Card XFX Radeon HD 6970 + Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo II Sound Card Onboard 7.1 Creative X-FI. Monitor(s) Displays LG 42LK450u 42" LCD HD TV Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080. Keyboard Trust Media Centre with Built in Trackball. Mouse Logitech Trackball. PSU Fractal Design Newton R2 1000W Modular. Case Antec 1200 V3 Full Tower. Cooling Zalman CPU Cooler CNPS9900-MAX Blue. Hard Drives 2x WD 20EARS 2TB.
1x SG Barracuda 3TB. Internet Speed 4.3 Mb/s download and 1.2 Mb/s Upload Other Info 1x200mm Antec 3-speed Blue LED Fan.
5x120mm Antec 3-Speed Blue LED Fan.
Samsung Writemaster Sata DVD-RW.
2x300mm Blue Cold Cathodes.
2xBlue Cold Cathode Rods. System Manufacturer/Model Number Something I threw together OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Intel Core i7-2600K Motherboard Asus P8P67 Memory 16 GB G Skill F3-10666 CL9D-4GBRL Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 6870 Sound Card ATI Radeon HDMI / Realtek ALC892 Monitor(s) Displays 2 x 22" standard monitors / LG32LC56v TV to watch films Screen Resolution 1920 x1080 Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 Mouse Hama M3110 / Logitech M305 PSU Thermaltake Toughpower Cable Management 750W Case Antec 300 Cooling Noctua NH-U12P SE2 and 5 120mm Case fans Hard Drives 2 x OCZ Vertex2 111.79GB
3 x Samsung103SJ
1 x Samsung103UJ
1 x WD3200BEVT
1 x Hitachi5K320-160 Internet Speed 16000 Other Info I have also used Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu Linux
And all other Windows from 95 to date except ME |
06-04-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by Jonesie85 it says 584W recommended but my last psu was 750 (3 years old) and it failed. I have upgraded to 1000W. the web-site says amps are just as important as watts. can somebody explain that to me? Your power supply usually has a number of 12V rails and the amperage is split up between them. Some power supplies have a single 12V rail that has high amperage. A rail is like a circuit. Power cables from your power supply come off specific rails.
The amps from a rail must be enough to handle the load you put on that rail For instance, you wouldn't want to run your graphics card and CPU/MB off the same rail - you need to balance the load across the rails. The amperage from a rail needs to be enough, say, to power your CPU and whatever else you run on that rail. For instance, my CPU, which will draw up to 185 watts, will need 185/12=15A and my graphics card can use up to 219W = 18A. The sum of the equipment you are powering off a rail mustn't exceed the maximum power available for that rail, which is 12V x the maximum current available for the rail. The power supply I have has two 22A and two 25A 12V rails ( which can supply 264W and 300W respectively) so I try and keep the MB/processor and Graphics card separate on the higher amperage rails and the disk drives on the lower amperage rails. Your PS manual should have the layout of what cables come from what rail and the current that each rail can handle like the snip below from my TP new 650W power supply
It may have been that you hadn't properly distributed the power on your 750W power supply.
Last edited by GeneO; 06-04-2011 at 03:44 PM..
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built (GeneO industries)/Model 2 OS Windows 7 64 bit SP1 CPU i5 2500k @ 4.5 GHz, 1.256V 120 GFlop (with AVX) Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Memory 16GB (4GBx4) 1600MHz G.skill Ripjaws X 8-8-8-24 Graphics Card Asus Nvidia ENGTS450, 1GB 4030 MHz DDR5 clock, 915 Mhz GPU Sound Card Onboard Realtek HD Monitor(s) Displays NEC Spectraview 2490WUXi-SV Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200 Keyboard HP Wireless Mouse HP wireless PSU Antec TruePower New 650W Case Fractal Design "Define R3" Cooling CM Hyper 212+ push/pull, 5 120mm, 1 140mm case fans Hard Drives Crucial 128GB M4 (system), 2x WD Caviar 1TB Black internal (data), 1x Seagate 750G Barracuda Internal (backups), 1x WD Blue 6Gb/s 320GB Internal, 1x Corsair F40 SSD for cache, 1x 2TB eSata WD20EARS Green, 2x 500GB Seagate external USB, 1x 350GB exte Internet Speed 25.7 Mb/s down, 4.5 Mb/s up Other Info USB 3.0 x4 , SATA III x4, eSATA x3, SATA II x4, USB 2.0 x8. 2 Samsung DVD R/W drives.
WEI: CPU 7.7, Memory 7.9, Graphics 7.4, Disk 7.9 |
06-04-2011
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#6 | | Windows 7 Home x64 & Windows XP Pro x86 |
so, my psu has a single 12v rail with a max 75amp.
- Is that good?
- Will it run a high-end gamers pc? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number User-built (and proud of it!) OS Windows 7 Home x64 & Windows XP Pro x86 CPU AMD Phenom II 1100T x6. Motherboard Asus Crosshair IV Formula. Memory Corsair Vengeance 4x 4gb 1600mhz. Graphics Card XFX Radeon HD 6970 + Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo II Sound Card Onboard 7.1 Creative X-FI. Monitor(s) Displays LG 42LK450u 42" LCD HD TV Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080. Keyboard Trust Media Centre with Built in Trackball. Mouse Logitech Trackball. PSU Fractal Design Newton R2 1000W Modular. Case Antec 1200 V3 Full Tower. Cooling Zalman CPU Cooler CNPS9900-MAX Blue. Hard Drives 2x WD 20EARS 2TB.
1x SG Barracuda 3TB. Internet Speed 4.3 Mb/s download and 1.2 Mb/s Upload Other Info 1x200mm Antec 3-speed Blue LED Fan.
5x120mm Antec 3-Speed Blue LED Fan.
Samsung Writemaster Sata DVD-RW.
2x300mm Blue Cold Cathodes.
2xBlue Cold Cathode Rods. |
06-04-2011
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#7 | | |
Yes, 75 amps is very good and it will run modern hardware great. | My System Specs | | OS 7 Ultimate x64 CPU i5-2500k Motherboard Asus P8P67 Pro Memory 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL7D-8GBXH 1866MHz 8-9-8-24 Graphics Card EVGA GTX 570 SC Sound Card X-Fi Titanium Fatality Monitor(s) Displays Samsung S27A550H 27" LED Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard MS Natural Elite 4000 Ergonomic Mouse Logitech G500 PSU PC Power & Cooling Silencer 760 Case Lian Li Lancool K62 Cooling Thermalright Venomous X Black/Scythe S-Flex/Shin-Etsu X23 Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 3 120GB.
1TB Samsung F3.
2TB Samsung F4. Internet Speed 6MB/768 Other Info Logitech Z-5500 505 watts.
D-Link DGL-4500.
Tripp-Lite Smart Pro 1500. |
06-04-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by Jonesie85 so, my psu has a single 12v rail with a max 75amp.
- Is that good?
- Will it run a high-end gamers pc? Its good unless something shorts  That gives you 900W 12V total | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home built (GeneO industries)/Model 2 OS Windows 7 64 bit SP1 CPU i5 2500k @ 4.5 GHz, 1.256V 120 GFlop (with AVX) Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Memory 16GB (4GBx4) 1600MHz G.skill Ripjaws X 8-8-8-24 Graphics Card Asus Nvidia ENGTS450, 1GB 4030 MHz DDR5 clock, 915 Mhz GPU Sound Card Onboard Realtek HD Monitor(s) Displays NEC Spectraview 2490WUXi-SV Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200 Keyboard HP Wireless Mouse HP wireless PSU Antec TruePower New 650W Case Fractal Design "Define R3" Cooling CM Hyper 212+ push/pull, 5 120mm, 1 140mm case fans Hard Drives Crucial 128GB M4 (system), 2x WD Caviar 1TB Black internal (data), 1x Seagate 750G Barracuda Internal (backups), 1x WD Blue 6Gb/s 320GB Internal, 1x Corsair F40 SSD for cache, 1x 2TB eSata WD20EARS Green, 2x 500GB Seagate external USB, 1x 350GB exte Internet Speed 25.7 Mb/s down, 4.5 Mb/s up Other Info USB 3.0 x4 , SATA III x4, eSATA x3, SATA II x4, USB 2.0 x8. 2 Samsung DVD R/W drives.
WEI: CPU 7.7, Memory 7.9, Graphics 7.4, Disk 7.9 |
06-04-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by GeneO 
Quote: Originally Posted by Jonesie85 so, my psu has a single 12v rail with a max 75amp.
- Is that good?
- Will it run a high-end gamers pc? Its good unless something shorts  That gives you 900W 12V total Isn't that a lot like saying, "sure, your house is a great investment... unless the earth opens up and swallows it".  Why the suggestion it will short? | My System Specs | | OS 7 Ultimate x64 CPU i5-2500k Motherboard Asus P8P67 Pro Memory 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL7D-8GBXH 1866MHz 8-9-8-24 Graphics Card EVGA GTX 570 SC Sound Card X-Fi Titanium Fatality Monitor(s) Displays Samsung S27A550H 27" LED Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard MS Natural Elite 4000 Ergonomic Mouse Logitech G500 PSU PC Power & Cooling Silencer 760 Case Lian Li Lancool K62 Cooling Thermalright Venomous X Black/Scythe S-Flex/Shin-Etsu X23 Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 3 120GB.
1TB Samsung F3.
2TB Samsung F4. Internet Speed 6MB/768 Other Info Logitech Z-5500 505 watts.
D-Link DGL-4500.
Tripp-Lite Smart Pro 1500. |
06-04-2011
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#10 | | Debian Squeeze Stable 64-bit |
Why buy some random PSU from a new to the market case manufacturer?. You should have gone for something from Enermax. | My System Specs | | OS Debian Squeeze Stable 64-bit All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:42 AM. |  |