Yellowbeard

Very true, I can only imagine the ripple if the rails are sagging like that already. HDs and GPUs especially do NOT like ripple and can be damaged over time.

orbitor

hmm is that a fact eh? I thought they'd have enough power smoothing circuitry to ignore ripples

Well I've returned my CPU and GPU back to stock and that's helped the voltage a bit - should make it a little safer till I get a chance to pop out and get a new PSU.

dinos22

yeah your PSU is clearly struggling

you need to change that

if you can't affort the ~$180+ range like the corsair HX620 i suggest you try Enermax 535W which you can get for around low $100s somewhere

i have both PSUs and Enermax is very good with my current setup......under the most extreme loads in 3DMARK06 or a few others i tested i've only MEASURED the 12V rail go to 11.96V

that's with E6700 with 1.5v @4GHz, 4xPC10K Dominators, 4xHDDs, 8800GTS OCd to the max 675/1000 and Corsair Nautilus Watercooler which goes off the PSU too

it's great

if you don't want any movement in rails and practically no noise Corsair is a good futureproofing one................one thing they should do is release a higher wattage one for people that run overclocked SLI after looking at measured power consumption for Rodneys system >> i can't believe a GTX SLI system can peak at 750W with a dual core CPU as well lol WOW

orbitor

Thanks for the help & advice thus far guys.

I think my PSU is faulty, because with 30A on the 12V rail, it really ought to be able to cope with my system - it's not really extreme in any way.

Locally the Enermax 535W costs the same as the Corsair HX-520. I'm leaning towards the Corsair cause its modular (handy, I have a small case) and carries a 5 yr warranty (excellent).

Any other suggestions for powering my system at a reasonable price guys?

eva2000

Corsair HX620 is just over $190+ including courier delivery in the cost at http://www.auspcmarket.com.au/show_p...egory_id]=1215

dinos22

wow can't believe people are jacking the price up for Enermax that much

well corsair is a much better choice if same money

orbitor

Well I ordered the Corsair HX520W, couldn't really justify the additional cost for the 600 watter as the 520 still offers a 50A 12V rail, which is a lot higher than the 30A rating on my current supply.

Will post back and tell yas how it goes - nothing worse than no follow up in a help thread eh?

dinos22

oh yeah i forgot about the HX520

how much did you pay for that one