powersupply?

[tstrike]

will quality of powersupply affect overclocking?

any suggestion of a very good powersupply but cheap?

hows the powmax 400W powersupply?

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

yes
it will determine the stability of the +5v line (as it is most important in overclocking) as well as the starting point

any brand name psu over 350w or so would be sufficient
have a look at the amps ratings for the +5,+12,+3.3v lines and compare between say enermax(also good psu)

 

[Davegod]

what do you actually look for in the amps ratings? higher is better? dead-on is better?

I gather when looking at the actual current going through the +5 +12 & +3.3v, you want the voltages to be as dead on those number as possible yeah? Which is worse, a little lower or a little higher?

ATM Gigabyte Sys Info Viewer thing is telling me:
+5Vsb: 4.830
+12V: 12.220
+5V: 4.890
+3.3V: 3.130
VcoreA: 1.720

Is this good/poor/ok? BTW I'm about to upgrade my 1600+ cpu to a 2400+, (overclocking neither) incase thats important 🙂

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

well you cant exactly look at the actual measurements before buying a psu, so looking for higher is better

when its in your system, you want to try it have it as close as you can to the actual value, going over is no biggie, going under can be

your +5v(both) are a bit low, and ur 3.3v and ur vcore as well

however +5v(both) are within marginal error (usually its +/-10% or 5%)
3.3 seems to be abit mroe (too lazy to actually do the math right now)
12v is fine
vcore is actually .03 lower than its rated, but then again this sometimes differs from bios so its ok
(mine i set to 1.75vcore and i get like 1.78-1.79 in windows)

id rate it ok
for overclocking you may have troubles, but since you are not overclocking you are just fine

 

[rogue1979]

The Channel Well 420-watt is $45 shipped on pricewatch, should be more than enough. Your 5-volt and 3.3v are looking a little weak.

 

[FriedRiceBob]

Originally posted by: rogue1979
The Channel Well 420-watt is $45 shipped on pricewatch, should be more than enough. Your 5-volt and 3.3v are looking a little weak.

FYI if you ever use pricewatch, check over at Reseller Ratings to make sure you probably wont get shafted

 

[Davegod]

OK I got my new 2400+ CPU, and changed PSU to a Antec Truepower 430w. Some volts look WORSE:

+5Vsb: 4.990
+12V: 11.640
+5V: 4.860
+3.3V: 3.240
VcoreA: 1.630

vcore was even down at 1.620 before I swapped the TT Smart Case Fan 2 out because of the racket it made.
edit: more sensible person tells me throughbred core is 1.650 so its ok \o/

Any ideas? Is the PSU bettered by a 300w generic?

 

[rootaxs]

I only have an XP1700 so it may not be worth comparing, however i do get decent voltages on all lines from a 300w Fortron P.S. (a.k.a. Sparkle). I'm assuming your 430w should at least be dead-on in the 5v and 3.3v rails.

Clicky

Had the system OC to a 159.4 FSB (1754mhz) stable under Prime95 running several hours this morning.