First PC startup questions...

[bluedeviltron]

OK, I finished building my new PC last night, and I just finished applying Arctic Silver 5 to the heatsink and CPU. Good news so far. Everything starts up normally, lights come on, all good things. But I just want to make sure I set up the power supply correctly. I have an Antec Truepower 2.0 430 watt PS with the dual 12 volt output. But I just want to make sure I hooked it up correctly. When I enter the bios hardware monitor, it tells me that the 12 volt is operating at 11.23 v. Does this mean that I haven't activated the dual 12 volt output, or is that just something that is not user configurable (goes on behind the scenes)?

Also, what is a good temperature for the CPU and mobo to be? Right now (it's only been on for about 2 minutes), it says the CPU is at 38 C and the mobo is at 32 C. Does that sound about right? At what temperature do I need to start worrying?

 

[TankGuys]

Power supplies can vary, and may not put out a constant 12 or 5 volts. 11.23v isn't anything to worry about.

As far as temps, those are not too bad. When they start going over 65 or so I'd start to wonder. I think they specs say that processors shouldn't go over 85 degrees max.

 

[casper114]

Yea, and if your really worried about it you can adjust your shut down temp in your bios.

 

[Electric Amish]

Those temps are fine. You don't really need to worry until you get up over 60C.

The terminal temperature for AMD used to be 90C, I don't know if it still is or not.

 

[Cheezeit]

OMG, bluedeviltron finally built his computer he posted 237637289027threads on!😛

what are the specs?😉

anyways, you psu should be fine. the software readings are almost always off. as long as your compy is stable, you don't need to worry.