easy way?

[Bigtrucksdd]

Does anybody no how or easy best way to test a power supply in your pc?

[Mo5]

Does anybody no how or easy best way to test a power supply in your pc?

Stress test CPU + GPU. That should put enough load on it

[WoodenMarker]

Test how? If it works, it work.

[QueenDemetria]

Does anybody no how or easy best way to test a power supply in your pc?

A power supply tester is the easiest(can be found at many places, probably Amazon). If you don't want to buy one, you can use a wire to "jump start" PSU, buy connecting the green pin to a black pin(ground), then using a multimeter to measure each voltage. Here is a pin out that shows what each voltage should be:

[Bigtrucksdd]

Stress test CPU + GPU. That should put enough load on it

whats a good recomended program

[Bigtrucksdd]

A power supply tester is the easiest(can be found at many places, probably Amazon). If you don't want to buy one, you can use a wire to "jump start" PSU, buy connecting the green pin to a black pin(ground), then using a multimeter to measure each voltage. Here is a pin out that shows what each voltage should be:

i keep one test probe in a black ground wire while i probe the other wires to test voltages while paper clip is in the green and black correct

[quan289]

whats a good recomended program

 

There really isn't none. The readings that you get from the software isn't coming from the PSU, and as such can't tell you what is going on inside of your PSU (unless, of course, you have a digital power supply that let you do so). It's coming from a sensor from your motherboard and graphic, and generally speaking, they aren't reliable. There have been times where it will report voltages readings of the 12v rail as low as 8v or so, which can't be true as you won't be able to boot up the computer.

 

For the most people, the most viable and cheap way to test a PSU is with a Digital Multimeter.

[Bigtrucksdd]

There really isn't none. The readings that you get from the software isn't coming from the PSU, and as such can't tell you what is going on inside of your PSU (unless, of course, you have a digital power supply that let you do so). It's coming from a sensor from your motherboard and graphic, and generally speaking, they aren't reliable. There have been times where it will report voltages readings of the 12v rail as low as 8v or so, which can't be true as you won't be able to boot up the computer.

 

For the most people, the most viable and cheap way to test a PSU is with a Digital Multimeter.

Im trying to figure and find my bottleneck, i guess thats whats happening? Example, battlefield 4 on story mode it lags and freezes, if im able to make it in game and play the game it plays fine, no lag. Im running the amd A6 6400k APU with crossfire of the msi hawk hd r5770 and i have 12 gigs of ram.....my ram are avexir 1600mhz orange lighted, ihave the Thermaltake Nic C5 for cpu cooler according to msi control command center my cpu temps never spikes over 42c, any suggestions? It plays tomb raiser fine between 40 sometimes even 60fps medal of honor warfighter and call of duty black ops, and batman, sometimes i get a hickup in story mode in those other games but not often....Battlefield 4 is the worse of all

[Bigtrucksdd]

There really isn't none. The readings that you get from the software isn't coming from the PSU, and as such can't tell you what is going on inside of your PSU (unless, of course, you have a digital power supply that let you do so). It's coming from a sensor from your motherboard and graphic, and generally speaking, they aren't reliable. There have been times where it will report voltages readings of the 12v rail as low as 8v or so, which can't be true as you won't be able to boot up the computer.

 

For the most people, the most viable and cheap way to test a PSU is with a Digital Multimeter.

and ive also tried pushing my over clock button in on my motherboard, i get no better permormance and ive seen it autoclock high as 4.5ghz