Low voltages - problem?

[MWoody]

I've just set up a ASUS K8V Deluxe with an Athlon 64 3400+ connected to a Vantec VAN-520A. The system is running like a dream (dual Raptors in RAID 0 is INSANE) but one thing worries me: according to both the Hardware Monitor in BIOS and MBM5, the +12v voltages stay between 11.07 and 11.33v.

There are no signs of this causing problems, but I'd like to catch any problems now while I can still return the parts to Newegg for replacement, if necessary. Is this something to worry about? This PSU came quite well reviewed; I'd be surprised if it was a design flaw.

Other voltages: +3.3: 3.31, +5.00: 4.81

Thanks!

 

[mechBgon]

First of all, asking a motherboard to tell you what voltage the power supply is producing is like asking a drunk person to tell you precisely what his blood-alcohol content is Get a digital multimeter... see if you can borrow a nice Fluke from a professor or something THAT is a reliable instrument for measuring voltages.

Bigger picture: if the PSU is producing the voltages that it ought to, within ±5% as per the official ATX specs, and the motherboard is messing them up, guess what you should be RMA'ing. Yeah, the motherboard. What the mobo does with the power isn't the PSU's problem. :evil: