what should the 12v voltage be?

[johnh123]

According to asus pc probe, my 12v voltage is currently 11.776- and sometimes it goes lower. Does this matter, or is this going to cause me problems? What voltage should I be seeing?

 

[Lysawy]

Check Your 12v line with a multi meter its the yellow wire on the molex connector mine reads 11.91V .... pc probe states 11.5v so there ya go....

 

[imported_Kensai]

The furthest it can go is 12V +/- 5% as dictated by the ATX spec.
11.4V-12.6
It's better to keep it within +/- 2/3%

 

[lenjack]

Your fine...don't sweat it.

 

[musgrattios]

Yeah- you're fine. Look at the efficiency on the PSU specs. That's where they tell you that 12v isn't exact.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: Lysawy
Check Your 12v line with a multi meter its the yellow wire on the molex connector mine reads 11.91V .... pc probe states 11.5v so there ya go....

:thumbsup:



Never trust a software utility for measuring your voltages. It can never be as accurate as a volt meter.

 

[Egrimm]

Yeah, no need to be worried, it's normal. As mentioned before within 5% is spec, only a few manufacturers go beyond this and offer 1% and if you had such a psu you'd know

 

[IntegraGSR]

software voltage monitoring is NOT accurate. certainly not accurate enough to judge whether your psu is stable.. the only way to test a psu's rails is with a dmm/dvm

http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/showthread.php?t=137886

 

[Chode Messiah]

yeah, in my old comp i used PC probe and the 12v line said 11.74 but when my friend measured it with his voltagemeter he got 12.11, so don't listen to PC probe