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Mongoose420
08-18-2004, 02:05 PM
First off this unit is fantastic looking(may put up some bad pic's later).

Didnt arrive in pristine condition tho . The housing was bent slightly from shipping im sure and the 3.3v led will not show green or yellow. Shows red when over and red when under and is off when within 5%.

Plugged in my antec atx tester and dialed my 12v rail into 12.06v all is good. Unfortunatly the 5v rail will not adjust or pull full voltage on the antec atx tester, 3.65v to be exact and would not go up or down. This took me a minite since the case was slightly bent i figured it was damanged. Plugged it all in my case and my 5v rail was 4.4v and dialed her right in at 5.03v. Didnt mess with the 3.3v rail and the atx tester after the 5v issue, so i dialed it in to 3.328 via the asus probe and the led is readint overvolting. Going to contact ocz and see if there's a proven method of checking the 3.3v rail with a MM with this PS. **edit** Okay thanks to knock_knock save'n me some look'n for a 3.3 v check wire, dialed it in to 3.33v. lol asus probe is such a joke
12v 11.795 12.06v MM
5v 5.16 5.03 MM
3.3v 3.376 3.33 MM

I'll pop up some picks with my :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:ty camera phone later if im bored. Time to install my slk948u and my TT sm2 and get some overclocking in.

Max voltage, 3500+/a8v/1hdd/1optical/x800xtpe/3 80mm case fans/stock amd hsf

12v goes to 12.74
3.3v goes to 3.67
5v goes to 5.26 and the PS shuts off, there is more turn in the VR tho.


I was only at these voltages for about 3 seconds to make sure they stabilized, Those are WAY beyond spec and shouldnt be run anywhere near those values 24/7.
Ive settled in at 12.1, 5.1 and 3.4v for now, Shame my LEDs do not appear to be accurate and the 3.3v led doesnt turn green or yellow, otherwise its perfect now that ive bent the sheetmetal back(damn Fedex!)

The Mofo
08-18-2004, 07:26 PM
Damn thats to bad it was damaged! Where did you order the PSU from? I was lookin to get one from excaliburpc since they had the 520's in stock.

Also, whats the Antec ATX tester thinger youre using?

Mongoose420
08-18-2004, 07:55 PM
yea, little dissapointed that it was damaged and i ordered it from excaliberpc.com. Its only consmetic damage and you'll never tell, It was bent on the side reverse the sticker and all i had to do was loosen 2 of the screws and bend it back good as new. my 3.3v led is going to be overvolting all the time anway:D so the Led not working properly doesnt really effect its function for me and i check the voltages with a MM anyway. Im bother rma'n it back unless they agree'd to cross ship me a new one. I may inquire about that tomarrow.

http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=77003

thats the psu tester. I just use it to power on the power supply so i can check and dial in the voltages.


Im still pleased as hell with the powersupply. It blows my antec TC550 out of the water for rail stability and voltage.

HKPolice
08-18-2004, 11:28 PM
Weird, my Antec TP550 never droops, but I volt modded the rails. Bought an OCZ 520w anyways, so I'll see.

Boyne7
08-25-2004, 09:40 PM
truly awesome psu, im lovin mine.