I have a ~4 year old system that I just ordered a bunch of upgrades for, the system came with PS-109-118 ULTRA LIFETIME SERIES 600WATT PS
and still runs stable on it, my question is how can I tell if the PSU is still ok without having to go the multimeter approach?
I ask cause I noticed the fan for the PSU seems extra quiet, it is a top mounted PSU and so the fan on the bottom doesnt seem to move much air (hand up to it barely feel air movement) though it doesnt feel very hot there but on the back of the computer next to where the power comes into the PSU feels fairly hot (can put hand on it without pain but warmer than just warm) and I feel next to no air comming out from the vents there.
I went into the HW monitor in the bios and the voltage readings seem stable with some slight fluctuations
Vcore 1.42 to 1.44
+3.3 is 3.32 to 3.34
+5v is 4.92 to 4.96
+12v is 12.03 to 12.09
The system is currently stable with no lockups or fails I just would hate to get my new equipment in and installed and have the psu poof on me
My system will after the upgrades be;
MSI 870a g54 mobo
Phenom II X4 955 BE
8GB ripjaws ddr3 ram
WD3200AAJS HDD
and evga gts 450 (been in the system for 4 months with my current cpu/ram/mobo)
current:
P5N-E mobo
intel e6750
3gb mushkin ddr2 ram
WD3200AAJS
evga gts 450
and still runs stable on it, my question is how can I tell if the PSU is still ok without having to go the multimeter approach?
I ask cause I noticed the fan for the PSU seems extra quiet, it is a top mounted PSU and so the fan on the bottom doesnt seem to move much air (hand up to it barely feel air movement) though it doesnt feel very hot there but on the back of the computer next to where the power comes into the PSU feels fairly hot (can put hand on it without pain but warmer than just warm) and I feel next to no air comming out from the vents there.
I went into the HW monitor in the bios and the voltage readings seem stable with some slight fluctuations
Vcore 1.42 to 1.44
+3.3 is 3.32 to 3.34
+5v is 4.92 to 4.96
+12v is 12.03 to 12.09
The system is currently stable with no lockups or fails I just would hate to get my new equipment in and installed and have the psu poof on me
My system will after the upgrades be;
MSI 870a g54 mobo
Phenom II X4 955 BE
8GB ripjaws ddr3 ram
WD3200AAJS HDD
and evga gts 450 (been in the system for 4 months with my current cpu/ram/mobo)
current:
P5N-E mobo
intel e6750
3gb mushkin ddr2 ram
WD3200AAJS
evga gts 450
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