My Antec TruePower 550 still cutting it??

pyramus · Oct 9, 2007

Hi all,

I recently bought some new parts! (see sig) I didn't bother buying a PSU as I presumed my old Antec TruePower 550 watt which I have had for a couple years now would be enough.

Is it enough or should I upgrade?

Cheers!

SeasonalEclipse · Oct 9, 2007

I think it should be fine as long as you dont go and SLI or anything.

pyramus · Oct 9, 2007

SeasonalEclipse said:
I think it should be fine as long as you dont go and SLI or anything.

Well I was having a few problems initially when I set it up. Some people on other forums are suggesting its my psu as its outdated now.

JamesXP · Oct 9, 2007

Has a max load of 30A(360W) and HX520 = 40A = 480W

pyramus · Oct 9, 2007

JamesXP said:
Has a max load of 30A(360W) and HX520 = 40A = 480W

I've no idea what all that means!

SeasonalEclipse · Oct 9, 2007

Erm amps on the 12 volt rail of your PSU.. the 12 volt is the most important element to the PSU now adays.. 30 Amps.. should be enough.. but if you had issues with it before you may consider getting the HX520, its very popular.

pyramus · Oct 9, 2007

SeasonalEclipse said:
Erm amps on the 12 volt rail of your PSU.. the 12 volt is the most important element to the PSU now adays.. 30 Amps.. should be enough.. but if you had issues with it before you may consider getting the HX520, its very popular.

Well I didn't have issues with it on my old setup. I have just having a few probs with my new one. I am not certain that its because of the PSU but more than likely it is.

Oklahoma Wolf · Oct 9, 2007

pyramus said:
Well I was having a few problems initially when I set it up. Some people on other forums are suggesting its my psu as its outdated now.

Old Truepower 550W means equally old Fuhjyyu capacitors inside. I'd wager several have failed already due to years of being used with inadequate cooling, and are bulging and/or leaking. I'd go ahead and upgrade.

pyramus · Oct 9, 2007

Oklahoma Wolf said:
Old Truepower 550W means equally old Fuhjyyu capacitors inside. I'd wager several have failed already due to years of being used with inadequate cooling, and are bulging and/or leaking. I'd go ahead and upgrade.

Thanks! You are probably right! Any recommendations?

RollingThunder · Oct 9, 2007

pyramus said:
Thanks! You are probably right! Any recommendations?

Pyramus,

I went through two borked Antec TP 480s with bad caps. I asked and listened to OW's recommendation and bought the one in my sig. Had it about 9 months now and it's all OW said it would be and more plus a 5 year warranty. It'll run your system with ease.

pyramus · Oct 9, 2007

RollingThunder said:
Pyramus,

I went through two borked Antec TP 480s with bad caps. I asked and listened to OW's recommendation and bought the one in my sig. Had it about 9 months now and it's all OW said it would be and more plus a 5 year warranty. It'll run your system with ease.

Yea? Thats good! Alot of people have been recommending me the one above that one, the 620watt! I presume they are both good!

I was also looking at a Thermaltake 850watt as it was the same price as the Corsair 620w

RollingThunder · Oct 9, 2007

pyramus said:
Yea? Thats good! Alot of people have been recommending me the one above that one, the 620watt! I presume they are both good!

I was also looking at a Thermaltake 850watt as it was the same price as the Corsair 620w

Pyramus,

If you added a DVD/RW and a couple hard drives, the system you listed may pull 350 watts.

ty1er · Oct 9, 2007

pyramus said:
Well I was having a few problems initially when I set it up. Some people on other forums are suggesting its my psu as its outdated now.

What were the problems? Are you still having them?

pyramus · Oct 9, 2007

ty1er said:
What were the problems? Are you still having them?

Well the latest problem is that my Philips DVD/CDRW drive is not working. Its a strange one as windows knows its there. (Its mentioned on startup screen, in bios and in the device manager which says the drivers are up to date)

However, when I click Start-->Computer I see the C: drive and A: drive (I don't have one !!!) but no mention of a D: drive at all

The other problem is that when I boot up the computer, it cuts out for a second and boots up again by itself!

pyramus · Oct 9, 2007

RollingThunder said:
Pyramus,

If you added a DVD/RW and a couple hard drives, the system you listed may pull 350 watts.

Really? I like overkill though. It means you can sleep better at night!! :attn:

Is there any way of telling how much watts I am using at the moment?

gigabit · Oct 9, 2007

pyramus said:
Well the latest problem is that my Philips DVD/CDRW drive is not working. Its a strange one as windows knows its there. (Its mentioned on startup screen, in bios and in the device manager which says the drivers are up to date)

However, when I click Start-->Computer I see the C: drive and A: drive (I don't have one !!!) but no mention of a D: drive at all

The other problem is that when I boot up the computer, it cuts out for a second and boots up again by itself!

That cutting out and restarting is normal but Abit has a beta bios(might be a Non beta by now)fix for that .P35 and P965 chipsets both do that.I have an OCZ 520 Powerstream and it powers my system with 3 HD's .2 in Raid 0 and 1 as a backup +2 DVD+RW's and a Dangerden D5 pump and 4 120mm fans and my CPU OCed to 3.4ghz with no problems..But anyway i plan on getting a Corsair HX620 or the Ultra X3 600.And putting my 520 in my backup rig

http://www.jonnyguru.com/review_details.php?id=32

pyramus · Oct 9, 2007

gigabit said:
That cutting out and restarting is normal but Abit has a beta bios(might be a Non beta by now)fix for that .P35 and P965 chipsets both do that.I have an OCZ 520 Powerstream and it powers my system with 3 HD's .2 in Raid 0 and 1 as a backup +2 DVD+RW's and a Dangerden D5 pump and 4 120mm fans and my CPU OCed to 3.4ghz with no problems..But anyway i plan on getting a Corsair HX620 or the Ultra X3 600.And putting my 520 in mu backup rig

http://www.jonnyguru.com/review_details.php?id=32

Yea I read that review and others! All positive!

RollingThunder · Oct 9, 2007

pyramus said:
Really? I like overkill though. It means you can sleep better at night!!

That may be so but that Thermaltake 850 will make your wallet thinner by about $100 over a Corsair 520HX.

pyramus · Oct 9, 2007

gigabit said:
That cutting out and restarting is normal but Abit has a beta bios(might be a Non beta by now)fix for that .P35 and P965 chipsets both do that.

The cutting out is ok as its only a sec or two but when I leave the computer off over night and switch it on in the morning everything comes on apart from the cpu fan and after about a minute it retarts itself and all is ok. But still its not right.

gigabit · Oct 9, 2007

Hmm i know that P965 and P35 do this everytime you restart your PC.Mine starts and then shuts down for a second and restarts to.But it only takes like 10 seconds.

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