New BeQuiet PSU. Not sure if the voltages are correct

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Hello. I just bought a new BeQuiet 530w PSU from OCUK and I have been having a bugger of a time trying to OC my E2180 back to where it was before my previous PSU went **** up. Now I have tried a ton of settings in the bios and now and again the PC will boot with the CPU OC'd only to act up after a shut down. I have had a look at some readings in Sisoft Sandra and Im wondering if someone else can take a look and tell me if the voltages look ok

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To me the +12v & -5v DC line look WAY off
 
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Try AIDA64, I find it to be much more accurate.

The +12v line is way off however that is most likely the sensor as your pc would not boot with that voltage! The -5v is unlikely to be used unless you are using some really old hardware. Again that sensor looks dodgy.
 
Multimeter is the only way to be sure really. As you have seen a software voltage readout is not generally accurate at all.
 
Software is never anything like the readings you get from a multimeter.

If those readings were right your pc wouldn't be working..
 
I never trust or use software for voltage readings.I have a similar problem with my i7 system were all programs read the 12v lime at 3v ~ and the same goes for other voltages.
 
Forgot to mention that I tried the multimeter and all readings seemed fine.. BUT the readings on my faulty PSU seemed fine aswell?
 
I also had to replace my mobo when my PSU went. But I didnt reinstall windows. Could this be why I cant get my CPU to OC. Although I would have thought that doing a new install of windows wouldnt affect the bios?
 
Forgot to mention that I tried the multimeter and all readings seemed fine.. BUT the readings on my faulty PSU seemed fine aswell?

Were they fine before even after it broke?


The multimeter will be telling you the truth - the software is definitely wrong.
 
Yip I took the readings from my old PSU when I had problems to rule out that out so after the readings seemed to be fine I went and bought a new mobo only to have the same problem obviously because it was the PSU in the first place?
 
Yip I took the readings from my old PSU when I had problems to rule out that out so after the readings seemed to be fine I went and bought a new mobo only to have the same problem obviously because it was the PSU in the first place?

Just because the voltages are ok doesnt mean the PSU is working correctly. You might have been overloading it or something.. who knows.
 
Use the software your motherboard came with, or is on the manufacturers site.

Why can people not get this, you see it so often "speedfan is wrong, program x, y or Z is much better". No, they aren't, its really very simple, different mobo's use different chips to monitor the various voltages, the readings from the cpu are incredibly basic to read, but if the software doesn't know which chip is being used to read those voltages, it doesn't know which output is which, its that simple.

If the software doesn't support the monitoring chip, it can't give you ANY proper readings, its not a case of its 11.5v when really its 12.5v, its simply taking readings from the wrong place. IE mobo one has a monitoring chip with pin 1 and 2 reading the difference between 12v and ground, mobo two is using chip 3 and 4, lets say for example sisoft ONLY knows to check pin 1/2 because it doesn't know its a different chip...... its got the wrong reading, simple as.

Sisoft is not a piece of software thats going to be compatible with every mobo out there, monitoring voltages is far from its main programs scope.

Like I said, mobo manufacturers tend to be fairly good at providing accurate readings, 3rd party software is absolute luck, if its had support for your mobo added, or if your mobo is using a chip thats been previously identified.

Its such a utterly simple concept, not all software can read every mobo out there, why would anyone use a 3rd party tool rather than the correct one supplied by their mobo manufacturer.

Now those aren't necessarily 100% accurate, and bugs can happen in any software, but you should get a rough reading thats in the ball park.

Even thats fairly pointless, if you're booting into windows, its fairly obvious you 12v line isn't at 0.81v.
 
Thought I would ask this here to save me starting a new thread. So will this 530w PSU be able to handle a GTX 285 & my E2180 OC'd to 3ghz?
 
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Read the voltages in the BIOS.

That will be using the correct sensors.

And yes to 530W being enough for a GTX 285 and an overclocked E2180.
 
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