Now that we have a better understanding of the design and all the connectors the supply offers we can move onto some stress testing to see how well it stands up under load.

The system used for real world testing consists of the following hardware:

ATI X1800 Crossfire
AMD A64 3500 Venice
MSI RD480 Neo2-FI
2 GB Kingmax PC3200
2 x 80GB WDJB 8MB ATA100 7200RPM
2 x 120mm fans @ 12v
3 x 80mm fans @ 12v
Dell 2004fpw 20.1” LCD
LG GSA 4163B 16X DVD burner
LG GCC-4521B 52X CDRW/16X DVD combo driver

Torture Test #1 Synthetic benchmark application 3DMark06/Prime 95

We used 3DMark06 for this test because it is demanding on the CPU and the video card. This will provide a decent representation of stress testing a power supply. 3DMark06 was looped for 2 hours with Prime 95 running in the background. Voltages were recorded at 15 minute intervals over the duration of our testing.

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Torture Test #2 Game testing

We played Far Cry for two hours with Prime 95 running in the background. Voltages were recorded at 15 minute intervals over the duration of our testing.

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Torture Test #3 Photoshop Benchmark

For this test the DH Photoshop benchmark was run continuously on a 250 MB image, with Prime95 running in the background. Voltages were recorded at 15 minute intervals over the duration of our testing.

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