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Is this voltage a little low?

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MisterChief

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I've been running my system on a 350-Watt Antec PSU for a long time now. In MSI CoreCenter, I'm reading 3.06v in the 3.3v monitoring section. I think 3.3v is the section of the PSU that deals with the memory, so I'm a little worried. Is that too low?
 
No, don't get a new PS. The bios almost always reads voltages wrong, because the electricity has already gone through so many capacitors and chips before it reach the bios. The only way to tell for sure is to get a high qualiter multimeter and manually check it out.

If the computer is stable, the power supply must be fine. If it wasn't fine, the comp wouldn't be stable.


Edit: For example, mbm5 says my 3.3v rail is 3.21, my 5v is 4.06, and my 12v is 11.34. But my computer has always acted fine, and passed prime95 without an error for 8 hours at least.
 
Originally posted by: CheesePoofs
No, don't get a new PS. The bios almost always reads voltages wrong, because they have already gone through so many capacitors and chips before they reach it. The only way to tell for sure is to get a high qualiter multimeter and manually check it out.

If the computer is stable, the power supply must be fine. If it wasn't fine, the comp wouldn't be stable.


Edit: For example, mbm5 says my 3.3v rail is 3.21, my 5v is 4.06, and my 12v is 11.34. But my computer has always acted fine, and passed prime95 without an error for 8 hours at least.
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