610W not enough?

stilup · 11-18-07, 09:28 AM

I recently purchased a PC Power&Cooling 610W@40C (670 Peak) and
it seems to be at full capacity.
Speed fan and PC wizzard report low +12V(11.78) and +5 volts(4.80)
However upon doing some reading here I used a volt meter on the last availble molex plug and get a healthy +12.5 and +5.2.
Can the software be that messed up? The Bios also reads the low volts.
I seem to be bottlenecked with my overclocking with the G-Skill 4 GB.
I was thinking of sending the P/S back but after reading the voltmeter I am allot happier.
Using the PC power&Cooling guide I should of got a bigger one. http://www.pcpower.com/technology/power_usage/
I am slightly O/C'd to 3.50 GHz 14X217. I just up the memory from 200.
I run cool 30C/43C and stock Vcore.
with 5 hard drives and 4 fans , 1-120mm case,1-90 cpu, 2-90 case
I have the 2 PCI-E 6 plugs in the 8800GTX
What are your thoughts on the load?

RollingThunder · 11-18-07, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by stilup

I recently purchased a PC Power&Cooling 610W@40C (670 Peak) and
it seems to be at full capacity.
Speed fan and PC wizzard report low +12V(11.78) and +5 volts(4.80)
However upon doing some reading here I used a volt meter on the last availble molex plug and get a healthy +12.5 and +5.2.
Can the software be that messed up? The Bios also reads the low volts.
I seem to be bottlenecked with my overclocking with the G-Skill 4 GB.
I was thinking of sending the P/S back but after reading the voltmeter I am allot happier.
Using the PC power&Cooling guide I should of got a bigger one. http://www.pcpower.com/technology/power_usage/
I am slightly O/C'd to 3.50 GHz 14X217. I just up the memory from 200.
I run cool 30C/43C and stock Vcore.
with 5 hard drives and 4 fans , 1-120mm case,1-90 cpu, 2-90 case
I have the 2 PXCI-E 6 plugs in the 8800GTX
What are your thoughts on the load?

Stilup,

As long as you are not 8800GTX SLI, it certainly isn't your power supply holding you back.

Are your RAMs 2 sticks X 2 GB or 4 sticks X 1GB? You weren't clear on that.

Ignore your software readings on the voltage, a DMM is the correct method. Is your 12v reading 12.5v or 12.05v?

stilup · 11-18-07, 09:43 AM

Hi RollingThunder I show D/C dual channel in my sig but I will chng it for clarity and yes 12.05V is the correct amout.

majinwar · 11-18-07, 03:49 PM

The PSU is not overloaded, only way it would be, or close to being, is if you had 2 GTX's in SLI as RollingThunder stated.

Software readings are never 100% accurate, but they do give a good estimate. Some give better estimates than others though.

meionm · 11-18-07, 04:26 PM

You would need multimeter for accuarte readings. Software and bios readings are not in many cases. Unless you are running sli 8800gts, as others said, there is no need for more power unless psu is defective.

Nebulous · 11-18-07, 06:19 PM

With the system in my sig my 610 isn't breaking a sweat. Trust me you're no where's near the maxing out of that psu

11-18-07, 09:28 AM	Thread Starter #1
stilup Member Join Date: Dec 2005	610W not enough? I recently purchased a PC Power&Cooling 610W@40C (670 Peak) and it seems to be at full capacity. Speed fan and PC wizzard report low +12V(11.78) and +5 volts(4.80) However upon doing some reading here I used a volt meter on the last availble molex plug and get a healthy +12.5 and +5.2. Can the software be that messed up? The Bios also reads the low volts. I seem to be bottlenecked with my overclocking with the G-Skill 4 GB. I was thinking of sending the P/S back but after reading the voltmeter I am allot happier. Using the PC power&Cooling guide I should of got a bigger one. http://www.pcpower.com/technology/power_usage/ I am slightly O/C'd to 3.50 GHz 14X217. I just up the memory from 200. I run cool 30C/43C and stock Vcore. with 5 hard drives and 4 fans , 1-120mm case,1-90 cpu, 2-90 case I have the 2 PCI-E 6 plugs in the 8800GTX What are your thoughts on the load? __________________ Asus M3A78 bios 1202 AMD Phenom 9850 BE@3000Mhz Zalman 9700 cooler@42C load 4X2 GB Mushkin 1066 Evga GTX 280 1GB PVR-500 TV PC Power+Cooling 750 watt Vista 64 Ult/XP Pro Last edited by stilup; 11-18-07 at 09:33 AM.
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11-18-07, 09:43 AM	Thread Starter #3
stilup Member Join Date: Dec 2005	Hi RollingThunder I show D/C dual channel in my sig but I will chng it for clarity and yes 12.05V is the correct amout. __________________ Asus M3A78 bios 1202 AMD Phenom 9850 BE@3000Mhz Zalman 9700 cooler@42C load 4X2 GB Mushkin 1066 Evga GTX 280 1GB PVR-500 TV PC Power+Cooling 750 watt Vista 64 Ult/XP Pro
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11-18-07, 03:49 PM	#4
majinwar Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada	The PSU is not overloaded, only way it would be, or close to being, is if you had 2 GTX's in SLI as RollingThunder stated. Software readings are never 100% accurate, but they do give a good estimate. Some give better estimates than others though. __________________ CPU: Intel E8400 @ 4.0Ghz Cooling: Thermalright 120 Ultra eXtreme MB: Asus Maximus Formula GPU: ATI Sapphire 4870 1GB PSU: Corsair HX750W RAM: 2x1 Gb OCZ DDR2 PC8500 1066Mhz HD: OCZ Vertex 60Gb SSD Case: Slightly Modified Antec 900
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11-18-07, 04:26 PM	#5
meionm Member Join Date: Mar 2004	You would need multimeter for accuarte readings. Software and bios readings are not in many cases. Unless you are running sli 8800gts, as others said, there is no need for more power unless psu is defective.
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11-18-07, 06:19 PM	#6
Nebulous Señor Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Empire State	With the system in my sig my 610 isn't breaking a sweat. Trust me you're no where's near the maxing out of that psu __________________ <MEGA-O> Gigabyte Z77X-UD4H / i5 3570K@ 4.5Ghz 16GB GSKILL Sniper F3-17000CL11D-8GBSR XSPC Rasa Black / RX360 / MCP-655 / MCRes OCZ Vertex III SSD 120GB / 2x Seagates 500GB~Raid-0 XFX Double D FX-787A-CDBC Radeon HD 7870 + H80 Sony AD-7220S / Lite On LH-16A1S SilverStone Zeus ZM1350 1350w CM Cosmos 1000 / Win7 Pro x64 Samsung LN40A550 40" HD TV ** Under TITLE II, SECTION 210.340 it is legal to overclock **
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