mainboard & power supply

larry459714 · Jul 21, 2018

I was not aware that a main board had limitations on how much wattage from a power supply it could handle. In all my years I have never ran into this issue. I just thought the board would use what it needed.
Does anyone know what the limit is for Koloe x58 main board? Apparently 750w is not within its specs. My computer just keeps restarting after install of this power supply.

profoundnoah · Jul 21, 2018

Eh? This is the first time I'm hearing of it as well. Where'd/Who'd you hear that from? http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/323474-30-motherboards-maximum-capacity-wattage-ampage

popatim · Jul 21, 2018

You are correct that this is incorrect.

Motherbd only uses what it needs. The PSU only makes what is needed from it.
Neither care what the max load of the PSU is; until you reach it that is.

Barty1884 · Jul 21, 2018

There are no limitations.

A motherboard will pull what the components require.

Where did you hear this information?

I've never heard of that motherboard either.... Are you sure that's the correct brand? Even among off-brand X58 boards, I've never heard of Koloe/.

larry459714 · Jul 21, 2018

profoundnoah :

Somewhere on this site. A guy wrote in saying his computer kept restarting and I thought they determined it was a power supply issue but thinking about it I bet what it was, was power consumption of his CPU and the mainboard did not support it. Geesh.

Well so if it isnt to much power what the heck is causing my computer to keep restarting. It does it when I switch to this new 750w power supply and stops when I switch back to my original 550W.

Barty1884 · Jul 21, 2018

Which "750W" and "550W" PSU's specifically? For example, a cheap off-brand unit with a 750W label doesn't make it better than a know, quality 550W unit.

larry459714 · Jul 21, 2018

popatim :

ok well at least I know I am not losing it as far as not ever hearing of a too large of a power supply lol

profoundnoah · Jul 21, 2018

Can you post the exact specification of your board/PSUs? Like Barty said, never heard of Koloe. Is there any particular you wanted to upgrade the PSU? A GPU upgrade or an OC perhaps?

larry459714 · Jul 21, 2018

Not surprised I got it off of Wish.com lol
its an American Megatrends Intel chipset 550

profoundnoah · Jul 21, 2018

Might of found where you got the Koloe name from: https://www.made-in-china.com/showroom/koloe-motherboard/product-list/catalog-1.html https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/socket-1366-Motherboard-X58-desktop-motherboard_60374190697.html DEFINITELY IS FISHY. I'd suspect a poorly made/shady board at this point.

Barty1884 · Jul 21, 2018

Most of the X58 boards use a variant of an AMI BIOS (EVGA, MSI, ASUS etc).

I'm not aware of a 550 chipset...... X58 *is* the chipset.

550 is more likely to be an ethernet controller.

Can you post a link to the Wish product link? Gives us somewhere to start at least.

*EDIT* Good find Noah! Yeah, those off-brand boards are tough. There's really no frame of reference to start diagnosing. As for why the PSU is an issue, is anybodies guess.

larry459714 · Jul 21, 2018

Barty1884 :

the board may be a cheap one but no problems until new power supply so Im sure it is the power supply. Only info I have on the 750W is the model # ACX12V V2.3

larry459714 · Jul 21, 2018

That is what CPU-Z shows
Chipset : Intel 5500 Rev 22
Southbridge: Intel 82801JR
American Megatrends V 080016 Date 03/31/2017

Barty1884 · Jul 21, 2018

Without knowing the specific PSU, it's impossible to rule out the PSU itself. That model number is just listing the ATX version.

The ATX version concerns me too. V2.3 is from 2007 or so, and V2.31 followed shortly thereafter. Anything outright listed V2.3 is ~10 years old (not inherently a bad thing on it's own, SeaSonic's M12II etc are 2.3), probably not a great sign.

Did it also come from Wish?

larry459714 · Jul 21, 2018

Yeah cause I have an Intel I7 with the funky 1366 socket so I got this motherboard on a whim

larry459714 · Jul 21, 2018

Barty1884 :

yep. I got my money back so no biggie. Was just wondering if I should pitch the power supply or not

profoundnoah · Jul 21, 2018

The only chipset I'm seeing from intel is the 5520, which is a Xeon board chipset(?). Otherwise, looking more and more fishy.

larry459714 · Jul 21, 2018

profoundnoah :

Pretty badass motherboard huh lol

larry459714 · Jul 21, 2018

profoundnoah :

well everything works fine until I tried to upgrade my power supply since I got the Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 strix awhile back

profoundnoah · Jul 21, 2018

Yup (note to self: do not buy fishy stuff from wish, huh), anyhow, if you're still looking for a reasonably priced PSU, perhaps I can point you in the right direction?

larry459714 · Jul 21, 2018

profoundnoah :

Well I am thinking I dont need one but yeah I would appreciate any information so when I do need one I go to the right place

profoundnoah · Jul 21, 2018

I would recommend using pcpartpicker for any future purchases you might make. Comes with a built-in compatibility filter and sources their prices from reputable vendors.

larry459714 · Jul 21, 2018

profoundnoah :

Thanks for the info. Appreciate it.
Geesh. These people are throwing 3gs at building a computer. I am in the wrong line of work

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