First time posting in the hardware forum. Hoping some of the hardware gurus can take a look at the results below and offer feedback.

 

I am getting some power interrupts when using graphic intensive programs.

 

I installed Hardware Monitor.

 

Here are the numbers during intensive activity.

 

Anything out of the ordinary here?

 

Your power supply or hardware monitor sucks, 6.75 volts on a 5 volt rail is not good and a fair sign that something in it is about to expire, or its a cheap &@($* power supply that has no right being in a PC.

Your -12v supply is reading at -6v so as Andy said above looks like PSU is faulty.

Hi Daryl,

 

I concur with Andy and Graham. Get a new power supply as soon as possible. A catastrophic failure of you power supply can destroy most everything inside that box.

 

Are you thinking of re-equipping?

 

Kind regards,

Thanks for the diagnosis. I suspected the PSU was failing, but am reticent to jump to conclusions as monitoring software is not always reliable.

 

Will trade out the PSU with another one I have to see if the results are correct.

 

Thanks again.

 

BTW, the PSU is not "cheap &@($*", Andy. It's the Antec Pure Power 2.0 (550).

Update: the PSU was faulty. Replaced with the Corsair TX650M. Thanks again.

Update: the PSU was faulty. Replaced with the Corsair TX650M. Thanks again.

 

Excellent choice. I have the Corsair 850 modular and am most impressed with the quality.

 

Kind regards,

Good to see you here, on this Forum, instead of your usual haunts at Level-D, Daryl.

 

Glad you got that PSU replaced. You will not go far wrong with a Corsair PSU although, personally, I'd have gone for an HX650-HX850. Hope it's smooth sailing from hence.

I have Corsair TX650 and its the best PSU I have ever had.