Pc power and cooling 750 Watts +12v rail

[dababus]

I have put together a new system consisting of:

Athlon 64x2 5000+ default speed
DFI nforce 590 sli
4 gig of crucial ballistix ram.
2 x 6800 gt sli
1x 200 gig maxtor hdd ide
1 x 320 gig seagate hdd sata
nec dvd-r
audigy 2 zs
pc power and cooling 750 watts quad sli psu.

From the bios, the +12 v rail is reported to be at 11.90v, both smart guardian and everest report it to be 11.83v. On the other hand, speedfan doesn't load and my system freezes while speed fan is loading

My first question if the current numbers are true, they why so low for a straight out of the box brand new psu.

I have not tried to measure the voltages using multimeter, but am curious to find out other people's thoughts on this matter.

I have used pc power and cooling power supply before and they reported greater than +12 volts for brand new psu.

 

[Dadofamunky]

You should be fine with that. PCP&C is always rock solid. An excellent choice. In fact, If you're not happy with it please send it over to me, I'll gladly take it off your hands. I do need it by tomorrow morning though, so if you could rush it over to me that would be great. All kidding aside, I just posted a thread about a POS Seasonic 430W that couldn't drive my new microATX build.

If you're really concerned about it you could speak to the manufacturer. But if your system is behaving well I wouldn't sweat it. By the way, OC that baby!

I think in the morning when I bring the Seasonic back I'm gonna get a PCP&C unit to replace it.

 

[mpilchfamily]

Well first of all you should never trust software voltage readings. They are almost never right.

Secondly there is a +/-5% tolerance for all the voltages on a PSU. So as long as the voltages are between 11.4v and 12.6V everything is fine.

The best way to check voltages on your PSU is with a DMM.

 

[JEDIYoda]

You`ll be just fine with that PC Power & Cooling PSU!!
Good Luck!!

 

[MarcVenice]

Software voltage readings can't be trusted. I remember a guy that got scared and was afraid of turning on his PC, because the -5v rail readout on speedfan said it was -8.78V. Funny thing is, his PSU didn't even HAVE a frigging -5v rail. Got the point ? Never trust software readouts, not even those in your BIOS. Get a multimeter or just rest assured that because your PC is running stable, that your PSU must be doing just fine. And PC&P is a qaulity brand. And dadofamunky, stop spreading fud about a single Seasonic PSU that isn't behaving like it should.