Hokay - I'm down with most stuff but PSUs are a bit of a dark art to me. I'm having stability issues of late with my PC which are absolutely not down to temps (all individual components have tested as stable well above the temps that I push them to in regular use), and with a little judicious swapping out of components I'm down to 2 possible guilty parties - motherboard or PSU. My rig is essentially...
E6850@3.3Ghz
4x1Gb Corsair DDR2 PC6400
1 Optiarc DVDRW (sata)
5 hard drives (2x250GB, 1x36GB, 1x160GB, 1x200GB)
8800GTS 640Mb
3x120mm fans
Asus P5B Deluxe Wifi
Now I know that's a lot of hard disks, but I can't really justify a couple of f1's at the mo to consolidate them so I'm stuck with them for now. I've run that system through the PSU Calculator which reckons that (and I overestimated, allowing 15% for capacitor aging) 518W should be fine. My OCZ StealthXStream 600W is supplying at rest (according to Everest)
+3.3V: 3.30V
+5V: 4.99V
+12V: 12.46V
+5V Standby: 4.99V
Firstly does everyone agree with me that the PSU is looking like The Weakest Link (Goodbye?)? If not, why not? (I'm not disputing, I'm asking for advice here!)
Secondly - given that the PSU seems to be supplying less than it should on the +5V and a borderline +3.3V is this grounds for a warranty replacement?
Finally - if it's NOT grounds for a warranty replacement can anyone recommend a PSU that'll do the do for my box? I was looking at the Corsair HX620 and TX650, but I'm open to suggestions. I'm keen to keep with a relatively low powered but decent one - something in the 600-750W range rather than a 1000W+ monster, as I'm happy that I'm never going to need that much juice.
So, the floor is yours: who wants to go first?