Hiper 420W-TS

[Bosse]

Hi i had some problems before when oc my 2500+ to 3200+ and speeduk or scottchen (the hardcore oc´ers ^^) recommended me to replace my no name 350w psu. Now i just bought a Hiper 420W-TS (made in same factory as Enermax), u think this will be enough ??? speeduk ?? scottchen ??


Voltage Min Max Variation
+12V 12.32V 12.48V 0.16V
+5V 5.00V 5.08V 0.08V
+3.3V 3.42V 3.43V 0.01V

 

[scottchen]

Could you tell us the rest of your system specs?

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Gold 2x256 3700EL memory @ 256mhz 2.5-3-3-7 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[pIII_Man]

a 420 enermax should handle just bout anything...


Proud owner of DOS 3.3

 

[scottchen]

Very true but my Vcore is changing a LOT with Enermax 450. Could it be my 9800pro overclocked is draining too much power from the 12V rail?

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Gold 2x256 3700EL memory @ 256mhz 2.5-3-3-7 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[scottchen]

Tell us the Voltage rails on all voltages, you can just read this off your psu stickers.

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Gold 2x256 3700EL memory @ 256mhz 2.5-3-3-7 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[pIII_Man]

BAH...you cannot say that until you get out a multimeter and check your voltage regulators...

Voltage monitoring software/chips plain 'ol suck (most of the time)


Proud owner of DOS 3.3

 

[Bosse]

A7N8X/DLX - 2500+ - Corsair twinx XMS 1024 LL - 2 cdrom - 3 hard drives - geforce 3 ti 200 ^^ (will be replaced) - case fans one 120x120 and one 80x80 - cpu fan smartfan 2.

 

[scottchen]

No problem then, If you're not getting power draining specialty video cards then 420 will do just fine even in overclocking.

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Gold 2x256 3700EL memory @ 256mhz 2.5-3-3-7 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[Crashman]

I've never had a problem with voltage monitors, sorry. Fluctuating power is normally caused by a power supply not having enough buffer capacity (capacitors), being undersized, or having poor quality line voltage from the wall socket.

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[pIII_Man]

I have...mine show my 12v and vcore fluctuating quite a bit...pull out the multmeter and the vcore is rock stable and the 12v line is only fluctuating by .03v


Proud owner of DOS 3.3

 

[HardWareBoss]

Time to get more watts. Looks like 450 not enough.

 

[HardWareBoss]

Time to get more watts. Looks like 450 not enough.

 

[scottchen]

I'm thinking about the Antec Truepower 550 but don't really think it's that necessary. My voltage lines are really stable except the Vcore, which I think is the mobo's fault, because all the Asus boards I've used changes Vcores around a lot.

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Gold 2x256 3700EL memory @ 256mhz 2.5-3-3-7 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[Bosse]

hmm but i will buy a radeon 9800 pro or something soon, u dont think the psu can handle that ?

 

[HardWareBoss]

Thats a nice looking Psu. I may get one down the road someday. Right now my 430 True Power works fine.

 

[scottchen]

if I were you I'll just spend a little extra on the Enermax 450 or Raidmax 500 or Truepower 430. Those are high quality power supplies.

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Gold 2x256 3700EL memory @ 256mhz 2.5-3-3-7 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[Bosse]

hmm i accualy found some links where Hiper outperforms enermax !

http://www.bit-tech.net/review/135/

http://www.ukgamer.com/article.php4?id=161

anyway it looks like the psu wont arrive to the computershop before 20 sept. So what im asking is: Shall i stick with the Hipper 420w order or change it to hipper 520w witch is 30$ more ???

 

[Bosse]

?

 

[scottchen]

If you're getting 9800pro and planning to overclock that thing, then maybe 500+ is a good deal, but I don't think you really need more than 420watt.

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Gold 2x256 3700EL memory @ 256mhz 2.5-3-3-7 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[Bosse]

k, thx.