Need "budget" PSU advice

[SunnyD]

Well, so far so good with the HIPRO. It came in today, nothing fancy. Sturdy construction though, and the annodizing didn't scratch when I installed it.

#1 - It has a LOT of connectors. Too many in my opinion. In any event, it has a 20+4, a 4 pin 12v, 2 sata, 1 PCIe, and a host of 4 pin standard molex. It does only have 1 of the smaller floppy power connectors, but that's not an issue for me as I have nothing in my system that uses it.

#2 - On power up, I checked out the the voltages in the BIOS for a bit - +12.10, +5.04 and +3.33v pretty much rock solid stable. I still have to check under loads.

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: SunnyD
Well, so far so good with the HIPRO. It came in today, nothing fancy. Sturdy construction though, and the annodizing didn't scratch when I installed it.

#1 - It has a LOT of connectors. Too many in my opinion. In any event, it has a 20+4, a 4 pin 12v, 2 sata, 1 PCIe, and a host of 4 pin standard molex. It does only have 1 of the smaller floppy power connectors, but that's not an issue for me as I have nothing in my system that uses it.

#2 - On power up, I checked out the the voltages in the BIOS for a bit - +12.10, +5.04 and +3.33v pretty much rock solid stable. I still have to check under loads.

Thanks for the update and info! :thumbsup:

 

[dBTelos]

SunnyD, those voltage readings mean nothing, the chance of them being accurate is very small.

-dB

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: dBTelos
SunnyD, those voltage readings mean nothing, the chance of them being accurate is very small.

-dB

And everyone checks their system using a multimeter and a load tester right?

Temp readings from a motherboard's sensors are usually well off, but voltages are MUCH easier to pin down.