psu usage meter?

[Luca1]

Hi

What program can I use to check my PSU usage in realtime and what figures would I be looking for in the test to see if my HX620 is being overloaded?

Am having trouble with crackling and popping from Asus Xonar D2X soundcard. I want to find out what is causing this.

My first step is the PSU as one suggestion I have had is that the PSU maybe overloaded (check my sig).

I have HWmonitor and have run that but don't understand what signs I am looking for.

Thanks for your time
:Luca

 

[Pkirk618]

I don't know about a program but you can sure do a few things to reduce the load. SLI down to single card. Overclock to stock....things like that. I've actually had a shitty OC do this to a sound card. GL.

 

[Luca1]

I don't know about a program but you can sure do a few things to reduce the load. SLI down to single card. Overclock to stock....things like that. I've actually had a shitty OC do this to a sound card. GL.

Single graphics card here. No OC yet..

 

[Zero82z]

There are no programs that can measure your power draw from your PSU. There simply isn't any circuitry to monitor that. However, I can tell you for a fact that your system (assuming it's the one listed in your sig) isn't going anywhere near the limit of your PSU's power capabilities.

 

[MrF]

What program can I use to check my PSU usage

None!
There are no sensors on the motherboard that can measure any currents; only a few voltages. Hence you cannot directly measure the PSU load.

The best you can do is to use a power meter that can measure the input power to the PSU (through the power outlet). Then, you can estimate the load if you know what the efficiency of the PSU is, which would be an indirect measurement.

 

[Luca1]

thats what I thought.

Thanks, I consider this question answered.

Next... could it be the 3GB RAM I running vista ultimate 64bit?..

:Luca

 

[MrWizard6600]

None!
There are no sensors on the motherboard that can measure any currents; only a few voltages. Hence you cannot directly measure the PSU load.

The best you can do is to use a power meter that can measure the input power to the PSU (through the power outlet). Then, you can estimate the load if you know what the efficiency of the PSU is, which would be an indirect measurement.

agreed:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/system-wattage_8.html#sect0

Next... could it be the 3GB RAM I running vista ultimate 64bit?..

nope!

sounds like its probably just a cheap and/or bad amp.

when exactly does it crackle? how does the cracking behave? (increase when volumes increased in software/hardware?)

 

[Luca1]

agreed:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/system-wattage_8.html#sect0



nope!

sounds like its probably just a cheap and/or bad amp.

when exactly does it crackle? how does the cracking behave? (increase when volumes increased in software/hardware?)

Its intermittent.. fucking pain in the ass..

It crackles in COD4 I figured it was because I had the Xonar control center to 192KHz when the max in COD4 was 44KHz.

But it happens when I playing music also. Headphones or speakers it still the same. I think it happening because of latency. I installed all latest drivers for soundcard and mobo. Testing it now...

I using DPC latency checker and I seem to be getting a fair amount of latency..

I thought Xonar used ASIO and had very little latency.. shet!