Haswell potential PSU issue

[moocow]

Saw this on Pcper.

the new C6 and C7 idle power states that give the new Haswell architecture benefits for low power scenarios place a requirement of receiving a 0.05 amps load on the 12V2 rail. (That's just 50 milliamps!) Without that capability, the system can exhibit unstable behavior and a quick look at the power supply selector on Intel's own website is only listing a couple dozen that support the feature.

Possible power supply issues for Intel Haswell CPUs | PC Perspective

[IRQ Conflict]

Good to know. But I doubt this will be a serious issue. I'm sure most PSU manufacturers are building compatible units as we speak.

[moocow]

Weird that most of Corsair's PSU are already compatible. Then again, most of us will disable the low power state to start with.

[MpG]

Also the owners of older Enermax power supplies can be relieved: The manufacturer applies the ZERO Load Design already in all high-end power supplies since the Revolution85+ series which has been launched in 2008.

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Seen similar sorts of replies from other manufacturers scattered around the webs. I suspect this will be mostly a non-issue for enthusiast-grade stuff. I suspect any sane mobo maker is going to disable those states by default, if only to avoid the RMA attempts.

[Oversized Rooster]

If those CPU power states can be disabled in the mobo BIOS (as I imagine most power users will do on day 1), I imagine that existing "unqualified" PSUs will continue to work alright.