Power Supply

Feable · 12-21-2000, 11:46 PM

Short and sweet:
Is their really any diff between a power supply and a quote "high quality" power supply? Has upgrading the quality of your supply alleviated any problems in you machine? I know the power supply in my machine is cheap and was just wondering of your guys opinion. I get goofy crashes every now and then (about 1 or 2 times a week) no explanation for them, and upon rebooting everything is fine. It just seems weird from win2k.

eTiMaGo · 12-29-2000, 12:39 PM

well all I can tell you is that when I use my enlight case's PSU, which could be considered high quality, even though only 230W, the voltages across the 5V and 12V lines do not vary much depending on the voltages the fans are set at... when all at 12V, the voltage sags to 11.90V, when all at 5V, it is 4.97V and oh so quiet. and running them at 7V had minimal effect on voltages

But on the cheapo AT 230W PSU i was using to power my fans for a while, setting all fans at 12V (that's 2x120mms, 4x80mms, and one fast, hungry 60mm), voltage went down to 7V! and I was wanting to use this PSU to power a peltier! ha ha ha.

In other words, better get something halfway decent.

12-21-2000, 11:46 PM	#1
Feable Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Tampa Posts: 31	Power Supply Short and sweet: Is their really any diff between a power supply and a quote "high quality" power supply? Has upgrading the quality of your supply alleviated any problems in you machine? I know the power supply in my machine is cheap and was just wondering of your guys opinion. I get goofy crashes every now and then (about 1 or 2 times a week) no explanation for them, and upon rebooting everything is fine. It just seems weird from win2k.

12-29-2000, 12:39 PM	#2
eTiMaGo Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: KL, Malaysia Posts: 75	well all I can tell you is that when I use my enlight case's PSU, which could be considered high quality, even though only 230W, the voltages across the 5V and 12V lines do not vary much depending on the voltages the fans are set at... when all at 12V, the voltage sags to 11.90V, when all at 5V, it is 4.97V and oh so quiet. and running them at 7V had minimal effect on voltages But on the cheapo AT 230W PSU i was using to power my fans for a while, setting all fans at 12V (that's 2x120mms, 4x80mms, and one fast, hungry 60mm), voltage went down to 7V! and I was wanting to use this PSU to power a peltier! ha ha ha. In other words, better get something halfway decent.

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