Upgraded PS to Antec True430: strange voltages?

[agould24]

I just purchased an Antec Truepower 430W power supply. I'm using PCAlert 4 software to monitor my voltages and temperatures.

The +12V is running at a (nearly) consistent 11.64V. Likewise, the 3.3V is at 3.25V. And the +5V is running at 4.95V. Do these seem a little bit low, or is this normal?

The only equipment so far are as follows:

- MSI KT4 Ultra-SR
- Maxtor D740X 60GB
- Zip 250 Internal EIDE
- 1.44 Floppy
- Pioneer DVD-ROM
- Yamaha CD-RW
- 2 x 80mm Panaflo low-speed rear exhaust fans

I wouldn't think that would push the power supply very much at all.

One thing I'm noticing, games seem to freeze more often now. This didn't happen as often on the old power supply.

Would the power supply be the culprit here? I didn't change anything else in the meantime...

 

[Zepper]

The tolerance for PSU voltages are:
3.3 and +/-5V </= 5%
+/-12V </= 10%

All of your variances are approx. 1% so kwitcherb*tchin... 😀
.bh.

 

[RalfHutter]

I've used about 8 or 9 TruePowers recently and they've all shown low voltages in the various software monitoring programs. If you check in the BIOS the voltages read much closer to nominal and if you put a meter on the connectors the voltage shows up as spot-on. Look in your BIOS and see if the voltages show there, if not, check the voltages with a meter. I bet you'll be fine.