Is my Power Supply bad?

[2483]

I don't know much about power supplies, however I did build my pc.
gigabyte gak8nxp-sli
amd 64 4000+
sb x-fi
geforce 7600gt
80 gb ide
160gb sata2
120 gb sata1
i believe my psu is 400w apex
it is 3+ years old
i experience stuttering in games
speedfan reports my
+3.3v min=3.331 max=3.36
+5v min=1.59 max=5.70
+12v min=12.16 max=12.35
-12v min=-10.55 max=0.64
-5v min=-6.21 max=1.98
+5v min=1.59 max=5.70

is it bad?

 

[unfalliblekrutch]

You didnt say how much ram you have...that's probably why you have stuttering. If your PSU was bad, you'd get crashes and reboots.

 

[2483]

2 gb corsair ddr400

 

[2483]

and i have a cdrw
dvd-rw
dl dvd+-rw

 

[unfalliblekrutch]

Motherboard voltage readings aren't always accurate. I think some of those are waaaay off, and the fact that your PC is still running means that the readings are wrong to begin with. I don't think the PSU can cause stuttering.

 

[Howard]

Use a digital multi-meter to get more accurate numbers. The 5V numbers look pretty bad, but they're probably being measured inaccurately.

 

[thescreensavers]

I would not keep some 3 year old psu in my case and from a bad company for psus

 

[pkme2]

Your best bet is to switchout if you can't test your PSU readings by multimeterm to a Fortron 450PSU or ENERMAX Noisetaker EG495P-VE SFMA ATX 485W.

 

[imported_rod]

I wouldn't think it's your PSU. Are you trying to run at higher settings than your video card can handle? That often causes stuttering in games.

RoD