[bk7794]

I was wondering if I should try it. It gave me a warning saying its hard on it and it could possible damage it because there are no kill switches to stop it. Should I do it. What could it tell me?

I don't have money to shell on another psu if it fails a test.

 

[Darkknight512]

It puts load on everything in your system, HDD's, GPU's, and CPU cores, basically pushes your computer to the highest power usage it will ever reach.

 

[Acoma_Andy]

It will push your PSU to the maximum the components will ever use. It can kill your PSU if you have a low quality PSU, hence the warning. The earthwatts PSU's aren't exactly superb quality but since you have a HD4550 the test should be a piece of cake.

 

[ChickenInferno]

Remember if you don't have the money to replace it if you kill it, the don't mod or oc it. The PSU test isn't really necessary IMO.

 

[bk7794]

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Originally Posted by Acoma_Andy It will push your PSU to the maximum the components will ever use. It can kill your PSU if you have a low quality PSU, hence the warning. The earthwatts PSU's aren't exactly superb quality but since you have a HD4550 the test should be a piece of cake.

will it blow a fuse? Fuse for the house I mean

 

[bk7794]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChickenInferno Remember if you don't have the money to replace it if you kill it, the don't mod or oc it. The PSU test isn't really necessary IMO.

okay i won't. I mean i have the money but do i really want to spend it on it. no

 

[ChickenInferno]

Probably not blow a fuse, but it could kill the PSU if it's not up to the task.

 

[Acoma_Andy]

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Originally Posted by bk7794 will it blow a fuse? Fuse for the house I mean

No, only if you are maxing out the fuse with many other household devices running.

 

[Darkknight512]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bk7794 will it blow a fuse? Fuse for the house I mean

It should't blow a fuse, 650 watts is not a lot for a household circuit to handle.

 

[bk7794]

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Originally Posted by Darkknight512 It should't blow a fuse, 650 watts is not a lot for a household circuit to handle.

haha not my house it ain't lol thanks to all that answered keep em coming if you want rep all around

 

[shinji2k]

The EA650 is a pretty good Delta built unit. I would assume the PSU "test" loads up your components as much as possible. Even it did, with an OCed E5200 and a HD4550 I doubt you would draw more than 200W if everything possible was loaded. That won't kill your Antec

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[bk7794]

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Originally Posted by shinji2k The EA650 is a pretty good Delta built unit. I would assume the PSU "test" loads up your components as much as possible. Even it did, with an OCed E5200 and a HD4550 I doubt you would draw more than 200W if everything possible was loaded. That won't kill your Antec .

alright thanks for the response

 

[MrPriest]

A month late, but to give you a good comparison, a 32" tube television draws about 800watts +/- from the wall outlet. Your PSU will draw its rated max +/- from the wall under the full load test.

 

[shinji2k]

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Originally Posted by MrPriest A month late, but to give you a good comparison, a 32" tube television draws about 800watts +/- from the wall outlet. Your PSU will draw its rated max +/- from the wall under the full load test.

I seriously doubt a tube TV will draw anywhere near 800W. My 27" tube says 133W on the back. I couldn't tell you if that was a reliable figure but 800W is ridiculous.

And no this "test" will not make the PSU draw it's rated max, it will just load it to the max your system will draw. A PSU will only supply what is needed.

 

[Perfectionist1980]

Sorry for necro (checked rules and seen none about it, personally i believe its better to revive old threads than make duplicates) but found this forum through googling OCCT blowing PSU's.

When i used the program i was searching through each tab and clicked on the PSU one, recieved the warning and thought "oh well i wont run that test then", ran a GPU stress test, it got to 98 degrees and was just about to go to 99 and then comp shut off. Looked at mobo and realised that no lights on mobo meant i had no power, thought it might be the fuse in the plug thats blown so took monitor one out, as i pushed it into PSU there was a BANG and my hand just dodged the sparks. Proper cacked it, cant remember last time my heart beated so loud and hard.

Was a 580 watt X-Power PSU, waiting to get my hands on an 1100watt anyway so not really bothered, just had no comp since thursday but borrowed my brothers old PSU in the meantime.

So yeah, im living proof that, that program can make your power supply blow if its not a very good one!