PSU Over rated or not??

[wizkid]

Hi,

Can you please tell me if the specs below would over rate this PSU??


PSU Hiper 530w

CPU:
INTEL CORE 2 DUO 2.40GHZ L2 FSB 1066MHZ
Motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA965P DQ6
RAM:
GEIL PC6400 800MHZ 4GB
Hard Drives:
SEAGATE 250GB SATA 11 , SAMSUNG 400GB SATA 11 Graphics Card:
BFG 8800GT OC DDR3 512MB
Sound Card:
CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER GAMER EDTION
Optical Drives:
ASUS DRW-1814BL 18x DVD±RW IDE DUAL LAYER LIGHTSCRIBE Operating System:
WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMUIM 32BIT



Many Thanks,

wizkid

[CrowdAds]

[fvbounty]

Originally Posted by wizkid

Hi,

Can you please tell me if the specs below would over rate this PSU??


PSU Hiper 530w

CPU:
INTEL CORE 2 DUO 2.40GHZ L2 FSB 1066MHZ
Motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA965P DQ6
RAM:
GEIL PC6400 800MHZ 4GB
Hard Drives:
SEAGATE 250GB SATA 11 , SAMSUNG 400GB SATA 11 Graphics Card:
BFG 8800GT OC DDR3 512MB
Sound Card:
CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER GAMER EDTION
Optical Drives:
ASUS DRW-1814BL 18x DVD±RW IDE DUAL LAYER LIGHTSCRIBE Operating System:
WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMUIM 32BIT



Many Thanks,

wizkid

If its a true 530 watt ps, no problem running that hardware...should be fine! I'm not real familar with that brand of PS?

[CK8-04]

Your system is similar in power consumption to mine (see profile). The most I've ever seen my PSU pull from the wall socket is 250 watts. If you take into consideration 80% efficiency, the entire system draws about 200 watts from the PSU.

[wonderwrench]

If I guessed the correct unit, as you give no actual PN. It looks awfully weak on the 12v rails. Its only 28 amps combined. The 450 in my sig has 30 amps combined. Products - Power - HPU-4K530
You also say you are using 4 gigs of ram 4x 1 gig or 2x 2gig modules?
Not a big difference but 4 modules use more power than 2 do.

Now it looks like the supply you want costs $68.00.
Newegg.com - HIPER HPU-4M530-PS ATX12V 530W Power Supply 100 - 120V/ 195 - 240V CB, CE, FCC, TUV, cUL - Retail
Here is a quality supply that will blow the doors of the Hiper.
Its $85.00 after $15.00 rebate. Ten times the supply for $17.00 more.
Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX ATX12V V2.2 550W Power Supply 90 - 264 V UL, CUL, CE, CB, FCC Class B, TUV, CCC, C-tick - Retail

[wonderwrench]

Originally Posted by CK8-04

Your system is similar in power consumption to mine (see profile). The most I've ever seen my PSU pull from the wall socket is 250 watts. If you take into consideration 80% efficiency, the entire system draws about 200 watts from the PSU.

The Hyper he is looking at should not even be called a 530. They do not state at what temp the output is rated at. Most cheap supplies are rated at 25C.
At 50C they put out half their rated output. At 50C 28/2 = 14 amps, not good. Good supplies are rated at 40 or 50C.

Here is a nice review on the Corsair supply.
JonnyGURU.com - Power Supply Reviews and more! - Reviews - Corsair VX550W Power Supply Review

[wizkid]

Hi,

Thanks for the replys.

Is these PSU up to running these specs.

PSU CMPSU-620HX


CPU:
> INTEL CORE 2 DUO 2.40GHZ L2 FSB 1066MHZ
> Motherboard:
> GIGABYTE GA965P DQ6 REV 1
> RAM:
> GEIL PC6400 800MHZ 4GB
> Hard Drives:
> SEAGATE 250GB SATA 11 , SAMSUNG 400GB SATA 11 Graphics Card:
> BFG 8800GT OC DDR3 512MB
> Sound Card:
> CREATIVE SOUND BLASTER GAMER EDTION
> Optical Drives:
> ASUS DRW-1814BL 18x DVD±RW IDE DUAL LAYER LIGHTSCRIBE Operating
> System:
> WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMUIM 64 BIT


Can you please advise.

Thanks,

wizkid

[CK8-04]

wizkid, your system would be fine with any quality brand power supply. Your system draws about the same amount of power as my system (see profile). I'd recommend the 520HX if you haven't bought your PSU yet since you don't need anywhere near the level of power that the 620HX provides.