is my pc screwed or is my pc screwed

[sunnydiv]

according to ***cde** magazine

had an articles about powersupply, they had a chart accoring to it, i should have

the 12 v rail giving around 17 amps where as the smps says
12v rail 10 amps

so, whats goin on here....

[bharathbala2003]

i dont get wat u mean :? wats ***cde*** :? i suppose its digit's compe. mag :wink: cos i saw that article in that.. and wat does the subject mean :?

is my pc screwed or is my pc screwed

[sunnydiv]

if it need 17 amp

and getting 10, then that looks like screwed to me :(

cde is like, xyz :P

[chaos]

Mine's 10A too and I think the stability is affected due to that. Are you experiencing random restarts and system freezes?

[sunnydiv]

yep exactly that

and i have a tv tuner :( m sure that takes a lot power too

copying 1 gb from 1 hdd to another takes 10 minutes minimum

dvd writing (after card) took 40 minutes (4x)
rw cd erase took around 20 minutes

[Sourabh]

so are u gonna do something abt it and get a new PSU or just post these things in QnA??

[sunnydiv]

well. ned to confirm it first na, maybe ***cde*** mag article was wrong or something

need to confirm this with u guys

they said, cpu alone takes 10a on the 12v rail

and my shows tot of 10a (on 12vrail)

[Sourabh]

dude u have doubts on such a simple very observable thing

u have 2 hdds, a dvd writer, a tv-tuner , and a 6600Gt and u want them to run on ur local 350-400 Watt PSU

wht else wod be more bizarre

[vysakh]

from the question itself, its obvious that your PC is screwed :)

[pimpom]

@sunnydiv : What's your PSU's wattage rating ?
For the same total wattage, the distribution of power among the different rails may be slightly different in different models/brands. But in general, the 12V rail of a 300-400W PSU would be rated for approx 15A or so. A rating of 10A would more likely be found on a 200-250W PSU.

copying 1 gb from 1 hdd to another takes 10 minutes minimum

dvd writing (after card) took 40 minutes (4x)
rw cd erase took around 20 minutes
You did not mention the OS, amount of RAM, CPU, HDD model & rpm, etc which all have an effect on such operations. E.g., copying files is much slower with Win98 than with WinXP. An inadequate PSU is not likely to be the reason.

BTW, right now I'm using a 300W PSU to run an Athlon 64 3000+, 1GB RAM, two 120GB HDDs, DVD writer, CD-writer, video capture card with TV tuner, FX5200. No crashes.

I admit that the PSU rating is a bit marginal and I may decide to change it. But it's doing fine now.

[sunnydiv]

ok

system

p4 2.8ht
d865 gbf
512 + 256 ddr
200 + 40 (7200)


XP pro , sp2

fresh




the psu is 300 w, even after i told the damn dealer for a guaranteed 500w
they r all liars i tell ya, liars