How to Check your Power Supply Rails and Voltages

[Tyreal]

I love those programs. Apparently. My system only needs 300W. But i run it with a 500 because... the more the merrier!

[gvblake22]

Heh, yeah. It says my system only draws 345W...

[Tyreal]

According to Juice its about 335-340. We have very similar systems so i would expect it to be about the same.

[Blondie]

You can also get a power supply tester from Comp USA

[Lead Head]

Originally Posted by Blondie

You can also get a power supply tester from Comp USA

Yes, but those have no way to generate a load that PC gives, if it did, it would have to be much larger with cooling fans to disapate the heat. I believe those are show if the rails are within spec, so if your rails are fluctuating between 11.8 and 12.4 every second during load, that will show ok, even that is not good

[Blondie]

Originally Posted by Lead Head

Yes, but those have no way to generate a load that PC gives, if it did, it would have to be much larger with cooling fans to disapate the heat. I believe those are show if the rails are within spec, so if your rails are fluctuating between 11.8 and 12.4 every second during load, that will show ok, even that is not good

What I like about it. I can keep it in the house in a small space. Much easier to plug the PSU in to this and do a quick test then to pull out the multimeter every time. It will at least let me know if a rail is dead.