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Got a 400W power supply today... concerned about what I read on the label!

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phatj

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The label states: "Max Output 240W, Peak Surge Max Output 436"


Does this mean I have a 240W power supply that is (falsely?) advertised as 400W?

Someone help me out...

edit: click here for a pic of the label here for picture of label

edit: Is this an old-ass power supply? Will it be sufficient to run an Venice 3000+, PCI-E Video card (lower-end), 2 hard drives, 2 optical drive
 
That's what it sounds like. If I were you, I'd take it back and threaten them with false advertising if they won't give you all full refund.

RoD
 
240W isn't enough, regardles of it's current ratings. My PSU has (12V*28A) 336W on the +12V rail alone, and mine is only a 480W PSU.

RoD

edit:fixed
 
I take that back...

That says the max 5v and 3.3v is 240w which is pretty good, if not unneccessary.

Who makes that? AGB&P?
 
Is this an old-ass power supply? Will it be sufficient to run an Venice 3000+, PCI-E Video card (lower-end), 2 hard drives, 2 optical drive
 
240W combined is not bad for 5v and 3.3v rails.

My 450W Antec Smartpower II that came with my Sonata II case is listed at 150W combined. It's running 3 hard drives, 2 CD drives, a 7800GT, Chaintech AV710, and about 5 active powered USB devices just fine. My total setup would only peak at around 320W at most anyway, well within the 450W peak that the PSU is able to provide.
 
I spent 15 minuets trying to ID your unit by the UL number w/o getting lucky.
Then I checked two sites that list PSUs for 10 minuets and your JGE wasn't listed.

Use it or return it for a Fortron. *shrugs*


...Galvanized
 
Originally posted by: GalvanizedYankee
I spent 15 minuets trying to ID your unit by the UL number w/o getting lucky.
Then I checked two sites that list PSUs for 10 minuets and your JGE wasn't listed.

Use it or return it for a Fortron. *shrugs*


...Galvanized
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Counterfeit UL certs? 😉
 
Not a lower case e' but high case, E199901 is used by Athena and they aren't bads units.
Your PSU is dated. If it has dual fans, it's probably this unit.

http://www.athenapower.com/sub/dualp440.htm No it's not, but close. They might have
stopped making the one you have. Betcha it's Athena though.
Thier units seem to have decent protection built in, so go for it.

...Galvanized
 
ehhhh how much do fortron's go for? They seem to be all the rage nowadays...

i bought this PSU on fs/ft so there's no return policy 🙂
 
Originally posted by: phatj
ehhhh how much do fortron's go for? They seem to be all the rage nowadays...

i bought this PSU on fs/ft so there's no return policy 🙂
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AX450-PN at Newegg for ~$50.
 
Originally posted by: phatj
The label states: "Max Output 240W, Peak Surge Max Output 436"


Does this mean I have a 240W power supply that is (falsely?) advertised as 400W?
Click to expand...

No. That's the combined 3.3v and 5v rails peak output. It outputs 17A on the 12v = 204W at 12v. "Good enough" in my book. But, with off-brand stuff, you can hardly go off of the ratings anyway since this all varies based on operating temperature etc. Still, definitely "good enough" in terms of claimed wattage anyways. (if Galvanized says go for it, go for it 😀 )
 
Hi MS, Watts is Current X Volts (P=IE). Calculate all listed Currents with their voltages and add them up. That will be the total Wattage of the supply. Methinks he has a 250 watt supply. Kinda like the audio amps that are listed at PEAK Power. Jim
 
Originally posted by: JimPhelpsMI
Hi MS, Watts is Current X Volts (P=IE). Calculate all listed Currents with their voltages and add them up. That will be the total Wattage of the supply. Methinks he has a 250 watt supply. Kinda like the audio amps that are listed at PEAK Power. Jim
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I think you missed her meaning.
 
That PSU sucks. It's rated at 400W, so 400W - 240W = 160W for the +12V rail. 160 / 12 ~= 15A. I dunno why it's rated at 17A. If you're running a modern system like that, you should at least get the 400W Fortron for about $40.
 
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