Enermax Noisetaker 485w PSU, need help with diagnosing a problem.

[squ1sh]

I use speed fan, and it's telling me my PSU is weighing in at 11.50v on the 12v scale. Is there a more accurate program to tell me it's v rating?

 

[squ1sh]

one quick bump before I got eat

 

[FlyingPenguin]

For starters 11.5 volts is (barely) within proper operating voltage range. All voltages should be with 5% of spec, and that means 12 volt bus should be between 11.4 - 12.6 volts. Even so, yours is a little low for comfort.

Onboard voltage monitoring is notoriously unreliable though. The most accurate way to measure your rail voltage is to use a digital multimeter (around $20 at Radio Shack). Keep in mind your PSU is a dual 12v rail so you should measure the 12v voltage at one of the HDD power connectors (yellow and black wires) and at the mobo PSU connector (also yellow and black).

If you're too cheap to buy a meter, go into BIOS and check the PC Health menu. That will be the most accurate measurement of onboard voltages - but a meter would be better.

 

[WobbleWobble]

Agreed. Get a multimeter.