Is something wrong with my new Truepower 2.0?

[tribbles]

I just purchased an Antec TruePower 2.0 480 and installed it into my Antec P180. In both my motherboard BIOS and EVEREST, I'm consistently showing 11.80v on the 12v rail. Is this something to be concerned about? Unfortunately I don't own a multimeter, so I can't check it this way.

I'm not overclocking, running a RAID, or anything like that (see my sig).

 

[imported_Kensai]

11.8 Is pretty good. Only a 1.------% variation.

 

[Promethply]

Yeah, like he said, anything =< 3% variation from the target voltage is very good.

 

[Varun]

Originally posted by: tribbles
Unfortunately I don't own a multimeter, so I can't check it this way.

I'd say a good multimeter is the only way to know for sure whether that rail is low or not. Regardless 11.8V is pretty good anyways.

 

[tribbles]

Okay, thanks guys, good to know. One thing I have noticed is that even though it's at 11.8 and not 12.0, it doesn't budge. My old power supply went all over the place.

 

[fstime]

Personaly, I like to be at least 11.89 or above but 11.80 is perfectly fine.

As long as your stable, your fine....

 

[Amaroque]

Mine says like 11.8 on the 12v rail. I measured the 12v, and 5v rails with a multimeter while in windows (running 100% CPU load).

11.95v on the 12v rail
5.00v on the 5v rail

Bottom line, you need to measure with a Multimeter for to get accurate, and reliable numbers.

 

[rise]

Originally posted by: Amaroque
Mine says like 11.8 on the 12v rail. I measured the 12v, and 5v rails with a multimeter while in windows (running 100% CPU load).

11.95v on the 12v rail
5.00v on the 5v rail

Bottom line, you need to measure with a Multimeter for to get accurate, and reliable numbers.

yep, heres my 12v on software and dmm.

software=11.71
dmm= 11.99

 

[JBT]

DFI's little voltage/Temp monitor is probably the least accurate program I've ever used.