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PSU too small??

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Clemson

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I have an Antec Truepower 430 Watt PSU pushing a system

AMD 64 3400+
Thermaltake Venus 12 cooling the chip
Asus KV8-Max3 mobo
1 Gig Dual Channel DDR
2 WD 120Gig SATA Hard drives
2 old WD IDE drives (120 and 80 Gig from a dead system)
Radeon 9800XT
Creative Audigy ZA Platinum sound

3 Case fans, DVD-RW, USB Keyboard and mouse, asst small stuff like case lights and LED's.


Is a 430 Watt PSU pushing the limits of the system? I'm getting voltage errors with the Mobo monitor, and a bsod (Machine_check_error) that can be related to voltage issues (Or cpu, mobo, bios cache, ram, size of my dishwasher)

If this one is around my limits, I'll hook up a 3phase factory generator if need be. I'm getting tired of a lot of little quirks with this new machine.
 
Is a 430 Watt PSU pushing the limits of the system? I'm getting voltage errors with the Mobo monitor, and a bsod (Machine_check_error) that can be related to voltage issues (Or cpu, mobo, bios cache, ram, size of my dishwasher)
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a lot of the motherboard monitors isnt that accurate you might as well get a separate temperature monitor that shows up on the front of ur case on a lil screen or something



exactly what kinda problems are you getting with the system on that power supply? if none, then leave it alone if any, let us know
 
Yeah, to narrow things down, get out the old voltohmmeter or multimeter, and actually get some real readings on your rails
 
Heh. I have 2 120MB hds, CD-ROM, floppy, 2600+, 1GB RAM, AIW 9800 Pro, and 3 fans running off of a 250W PSU. Rock solid on Prime, no less. Damned deviant Compaq case won't hold any other PSU I have than the one it came with without a bit of Dremel action... but it is one serious, "no shit" PSU... I have (alledgedly) 400W PSUs that aren't built as solid.
 
Originally posted by Cardboard Hammer
Heh. I have 2 120MB hds, CD-ROM, floppy, 2600+, 1GB RAM, AIW 9800 Pro, and 3 fans running off of a 250W PSU. Rock solid on Prime, no less. Damned deviant Compaq case won't hold any other PSU I have than the one it came with without a bit of Dremel action... but it is one serious, "no shit" PSU... I have (alledgedly) 400W PSUs that aren't built as solid.
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i think u mean GB instead of 2 120MB hds
 
I think your PSU has enough wattage, but if you think it is causing problems then swap it out with a known working one and see if that fixes your problem.
 
Originally posted by wayne
i think u mean GB instead of 2 120MB hds
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DOH! I was thinking 120GB 8MB cache, but decided specifying the cache was irrelevant... but the "MB" must've stuck in my head... oops...
 
It would be better if you actually posted your rails. I have TP430 and the rails are all on the dot, within a couple hundredths of a volt, except the -12V. That rail is just off...it is at something like -12.6V or -12.7V usually although my system is stable with a 2500+@2.2GHz.
 
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