Coolermaster 600W psu

[Gman15]

hey guys.

Can a stressed PSU cause bad overclocking and bsod`s?
My Coolermaster 600Watt Igreen psu seems to be undervolting,but its only about 5-6 months old.
The 12v rail is always at 11.89 v at idle and drops to 11.84 under load.
The 5v is also at 4.89 and under load down to 4.82,and the 5v+ the same.
Is this cause for concern.
My overclock that was rock solid a few months ago has suddenly become increasing unstable.
I have even tried manually setting the voltages in bios,but no joy.
I had my cpu at 3.2 gigs before with a 355FSB,now I cant do much more than 300FSB.
Is something else failing perhaps that Im not aware of.
Specs as follows:
Asus P5N32E-sli
C2D E6600 at 3gigs
2x Kingston ddr800 Hyper X(2gigs)
Asus GTS 8800 320M
2x Seagate 250gigs Sata2
Zalman 9700led cpu cooler
2x120mm Zalman System fans
1x240mm Sidefan
Creative Audigy 4 s/card
Logitech Momo wheel
MS kb and mouse
Logitech Z5300 speakers
Liteon sata dvd writer


Im using Everest 4.20 to test the loads on psu rails.
Any suggestions welcome.

[Samuknow]

That is a big 10-4...

Voltage droop will kill an OC pretty quick.

[Gizmo]

Can an overstressed PSU cause problems? ABSOLUTELY!

Is that YOUR problem? Dunno.

Never Ever EVER take the measurments from the on board sensors as gospel; they are OK for day-to-day comparisons (It's dropped 2% over the last 3 days, when running under these conditions), but are absolutely USELESS for anything else. Even the difference between load and idle could be a lie.

If you are concerned about the actual voltage you are running, there is no substitute for a decent volt-meter and you can get them for $30 or so. It very well may be that your PSU is actually running well within specs, but you can't say that with any reasonable degree of certainty until you actually measure the voltages with a meter.

Components age, and go through a 'break in' period. It's not uncommon for parts to lose some capability within the first few months of operation before settling down to a stable point where they quite happily operate for years. It may be that your overclock was pushing things hard enough that the 'break in' period has caused you to lose some performance.

[Gman15]

Thanks guys.

What is Voltage droop Samuknow?

[Samuknow]

I am probably using the term incorrectly but, when the voltages are dropping below what they are set to or "supposed" to be. Most of the time the term is used in ref to a mobo's ability to maintain the set voltage in the bios. Simple version.

In your case, the PSU is being asked to handle more than it really can. The voltages can not be maintained. Using a volt meter will tell you this for sure. If at no load your 12V rail is say 12.4 volts, but once you load it with all your components and your OC then the 12v rail only reads 11.8v, there is a problem. +/- 5% is what is required by standard, that does not mean that your components will like even a 3% drop.

[cloasters]

Voltage droop isn't good either.

[Gman15]

Thanks guys.

No use anyways,the mb died on Friday,that must be why it was getting all these irregular voltages.

[Samuknow]

I would guess so. I assume it is still under warranty.....

[Gman15]

yeah,luckily Asus provides a 3 year warranty now.
Thanks guys.