Power Supply Voltage - Problems?

[veemaks]

I have had a lot of problems with lockups after installing a Geforce 6800LE in my computer. I have an old Codegen 300W PSU and I beleive that this is the root of all evil

Look at the +5.00 V. The Codegen 300W only seems to distribute 4,08V!!!! Should I just throw it away, stomp on it and burn it.... or? What do you others think?


|Sensor | Current | Low | High | Average |
+-----------------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|Case | 34° C | 34° C | 34° C | 34° C |
|CPU | 51° C | 51° C | 51° C | 51° C |
|Sensor 3 | 0° C | 0° C | 0° C | 0° C |
|Core 0 | 1,72 V | 1,72 V | 1,72 V | 1,72 V |
|Core 1 | 0,00 V | 0,00 V | 0,00 V | 0,00 V |
|+3.3 | 3,25 V | 3,25 V | 3,25 V | 3,25 V |
|+5.00 | 4,08 V | 4,08 V | 4,08 V | 4,08 V |
|+12.00 | 11,86 V | 11,86 V | 11,86 V | 11,86 V |
|-12.00 | -0,10 V | -0,10 V | -0,10 V | -0,10 V |
|-5.00 | 0,00 V | 0,00 V | 0,00 V | 0,00 V |

 

[Sqube]

Stomp
Burn
Burn Ashes
Burn Remains of Ashes

Buy New PSU From:
Antec
PC P&C
OCZ

There are other excellent companies, but these are what I think about off the top of my head when I think about PSUs.

 

[DEredita]

Need more power I believe - isn't it recommended to have at least a 400-450 watt psu.

- Mike

 

[veemaks]

Just burned remains of ashes and flushed it down the toilet...

Could a Fortron Source PSU be a good replacement?

http://www.fsp-group.com.tw/retail_product/bluestorm.asp

 

[Zepper]

Codegen PSUs are extreme low end. Could put in closet for emergency backup, but burning and flushing ashes is OK too...
. Yes, Fortron or Sparkle FSP series are very good PSUs. But I think the best PSU for least money right now is XClio 450 from Newegg (less than $60 shipped). Made by Channel Well (as are most Antec branded PSUs). IDK how they are selling them for that but take advantage if you can.
.bh.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Zepper
Codegen PSUs are extreme low end.

Actually, they're not that bad, they're mid-range of the low-end, not at the bottom. IMHO,

I'd put them above PowMax, Allied, L&C, Deer, etc. I wouldn't exactly call them high-end either, but I've had the Codegen 350W powering my mid-range AXP rig for about two years or so. I wouldn't attempt throwing in a high-end P4/A64 rig or anything containing a 6800 in there, but for a mid-range system with 3 HDs and 4 opticals and a R9200, it's (minimally) fine, and the combined +5V/+3.3V meets AMD's recommended guidelines for an XP system. Some of those others that I mentioned, do not. I think that the +5VSB is 2A, and the +12V is 15A or 18A too, which isn't horrible. My +12V is rock-solid, the +5V wavers a tiny bit, but doesn't swing out of spec. (The CPU in my board draws from the +5V line.)

Weight-wise, I took it out of my case, and it's somewhere in-between my old (now dead) 300W ATX Deer, and my 250W AOpen (FSP) PSUs. The exhaust air coming out isn't "cool", but it isn't "hot" either (which would generally be a bad sign).

Originally posted by: Zepper
Could put in closet for emergency backup, but burning and flushing ashes is OK too...

Hey, at least you'd have to burn it yourself, instead of it burning up on you. I wouldn't use one of these for powering a high-end system these days though, or something with a 6800 card in it. Codegen's overall quality isn't that bad, for "budget"-market stuff, their case even came out on top of AT's review comparison, although I took issue to the "no sharp edges" comment. The reviewer just didn't look hard enough.

 

[JimPhelpsMI]

OOPS!