New PS or just wait???

bikinistud · Jan 15, 2006

Hi all, this is my first post in the section and i'm not really up on power supplies. Anyway... I currently have a 550 Antec (in my sig) and yet I swear that this setup is terrible for overclocking. I can OC it to death and get it stable until i open the cd-rom, then prime will fail or if i plug something in to the usb port it will fail. Now i know asus boards have droop but dang... that's not good.

And while i know that dual rails is bad for pentium d's, i just wanted to know if it would be worth it to opt for either the OCZ or the PCP&C.

Is it worth it to upgrade? Will it solidify my clocks or is it just a waste of money?

Know Nuttin · Jan 15, 2006

If you're absolutely sure that the PSU is to blame, then yes, an OCZ Powerstream 520 will help.

R4z0r4mu5 Pr|m3 · Jan 15, 2006

Check the rails with a multimeter. Antecs are great, if it's a faulty PSU you can RMA it.

Electron Chaser · Jan 15, 2006

What version of the 550 TP do you have.

The older models are notorious for a sagging 12V rail.
and powering up a drive is sometimes just enough to make it drop too far

bikinistud · Jan 16, 2006

I have version 2.0, i think that's the latest one. And as for checking the 12v, i have checked the 4 prong molex connectors and they hang around 11.95 under full load. However, the other 12V rail goes to the main board and I don't know how to test it while it's under load. And while the main board sensors are not accurate, mine will dip down to 11.58 sometimes under load.

Know Nuttin · Jan 16, 2006

measure at the 4pin +12v connector. That is where 12v2 is.

bikinistud · Jan 16, 2006

Can you just stick the volt meter in the backside of the plug so i can get an accurate measurement while it's running?

Know Nuttin · Jan 16, 2006

bikinistud · Jan 18, 2006

Ok, now i'm just waiting on the volt meter i forgot at home... thanks guys for the help. I'll report back once i find out the exact volts

bikinistud · Jan 22, 2006

Ok, measuring the 12v line (the 4 pin plug going into the motherboard) i get ~11.74 under full load. Is that bad. Vcore is set to auto (which i don't know how to measure physically) All i can tell you is that it is set at 1.375 and the motherboard reports ~1.25 under load.

Any input is appreciated.

~bikinistud

R4z0r4mu5 Pr|m3 · Jan 22, 2006

you can try giving the cpu more voltage and see if that helps

11.74 isn't that bad

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