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ChrisJericho · 09-07-2004, 04:04 AM

I was about to start my own PS thread but I saw this one. Here is my situation. Last summer I bought a crappy Raidmaxx case that came with a power supply unit. I quickly realized what a bad case it was and bought an Antec case, but I decided to keep the Raidmax PS because my power requirements were pretty low. Fast forward to THIS summer and the addition of two more hard drives and I am getting stability problems... sometimes when I access my slave HD's the system freezes from what I suspect is due to the PS not having enough power on hand to be able to run all three of the HD's at once...plus my radeon 9800.... plus my optical drive..plus a bunch of fans.

Some more evidence of the crappy PS is that when I look at my ASUS mobo monitor, the voltage reading for 3.3V is always around 3.1 and the 5.5V is always around 4.8. Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't the numbers for these volts supposed to be closer to 3.3 and 5?

I plan on getting an Antec PS of at least 400 watts to replace my current Raidmax. But here are my q's:

1. Are the "true blue" models better performers than the regular Antecs? I notice they are usually slightly more expensive and usually have less wattage. (For example a 430 watt True Blue costs $2 more than a regular Antec 450 watt on newegg).

2. Can someone explain the whole rail thing to me?

Thanks.

09-07-2004, 04:04 AM	#7 (permalink)
ChrisJericho eat more fruit Location: Seattle	I was about to start my own PS thread but I saw this one. Here is my situation. Last summer I bought a crappy Raidmaxx case that came with a power supply unit. I quickly realized what a bad case it was and bought an Antec case, but I decided to keep the Raidmax PS because my power requirements were pretty low. Fast forward to THIS summer and the addition of two more hard drives and I am getting stability problems... sometimes when I access my slave HD's the system freezes from what I suspect is due to the PS not having enough power on hand to be able to run all three of the HD's at once...plus my radeon 9800.... plus my optical drive..plus a bunch of fans. Some more evidence of the crappy PS is that when I look at my ASUS mobo monitor, the voltage reading for 3.3V is always around 3.1 and the 5.5V is always around 4.8. Correct me if I am wrong, but aren't the numbers for these volts supposed to be closer to 3.3 and 5? I plan on getting an Antec PS of at least 400 watts to replace my current Raidmax. But here are my q's: 1. Are the "true blue" models better performers than the regular Antecs? I notice they are usually slightly more expensive and usually have less wattage. (For example a 430 watt True Blue costs $2 more than a regular Antec 450 watt on newegg). 2. Can someone explain the whole rail thing to me? Thanks. __________________ "A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows us that faith proves nothing." - Friedrich Nietzsche Last edited by ChrisJericho; 09-07-2004 at 04:21 AM..