Is my Power Supplier dying?

[MegaWorks]

My PSU heats up a lot! When I touch it it's very warm.

Voltage Values:
CPU Core: 1.76 V
+3.3 V: 3.26 V
+5 V: 4.92 V
+12 V: 11.67 V
-12 V: -11.95 V
-5 V: -5.20 V
+5 V Standby: 4.97 V
3.3V Dual: 3.46 V
DIMM: 2.72 V

Is it ok?

AMD Athlon XP T-Bred B DLT3C 1700+ @ 2.3GHZ (1.775v) 400FSB = 3200+| Abit NF7-S V.2 (nForce2-U400) | Thermalright SLK-947U with 92mm Tornado | Corsair TwinX XMS 3200LL 512 MB @ 2-3-2-6 (2.6v) | WD Raptor 74 GB; 2x WD 40GB IDE |ATI Radeon X800 Pro | SB Audigy 2 ZS | Antec TrueBlue 480W

 

[GamerExpress]

Well it's hard to say if it is or isn't from the info given. The voltages do look a bit off but nothing major, is the unit more hot then usual?

 

[StrangerGuy]

Before I came in here, I predicted the problematic PSU was an Antec. Sure enough, it is.

And BTW when you said "heats up a lot", does the PSU do that all along these 3 years, or just a recent matter?

 

[GamerExpress]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
Before I came in here, I predicted the problematic PSU was an Antec. Sure enough, it is.

Say what you will, but I have owned 3 Antec PSU's currently I have two that are in operation in both my machines at home. I have not had a single problem from either, they have been rock solid and stable. I will be using a Fortron unit in my next build just to see what all the hype is about. I also have used some PCP&C units and have been extremely impressed with them, but you pay some serious money for those.

 

[rise]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
Before I came in here, I predicted the problematic PSU was an Antec. Sure enough, it is.

how clever and helpful.

OP did you get those readings with a dmm or are they software reads? "very warm" is pretty subjective. can you get a temp from the psu exhaust. is the fan spinnning up faster than it used to?

 

[MegaWorks]

Well it's been months now that I had this temperature lets say increase. I used Everest to get my readings btw. +12 does seem off no? At 11.67v!

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: MegaWorks
Well it's been months now that I had this temperature lets say increase. I used Everest to get my readings btw. +12 does seem off no? At 11.67v!

Software voltage monitoring is inacurate, but even if it wasn't, 11.67v is still within spec. You need to use a multimeter to get accurate readings though.