Concerning issue with PSU?

[Bombastinator]

7 minutes ago, Turbof1 said:

I'm not sure on the average, but a 15 year old psu still working (and just to be clear, don't do this. I am an idiot for doing this!) should give an indication of what can be reached.

 

Sometimes you need a jack*ss to get these numbers 

I think you mean Guinnea pig but whichever.

[Bombastinator]

To do perhaps a little thread jacking what I would love in a PSU is for me to be able to run the thing till it pops but NOT have to worry about whether it will take my system down with it.  Then I can just slap one in, quit worrying about it, and drive it till the wheels come off.  The impression I am getting is this is not at this time a possible thing.

[Mezoxin]

14 hours ago, Turbof1 said:

I'm not sure on the average, but a 15 year old psu still working (and just to be clear, don't do this. I am an idiot for doing this!) should give an indication of what can be reached.

 

Sometimes you need a jack*ss to get these numbers 

well you seem to be knowledgable  of statistical infrences and probability theory and know that the manufacterers warranty period and hardware faliures are things you should take into consideration  but you made a decision that the probable outcome isnt worth the extra money anyways , you are willing to take the risk.

 i will share one of my own experiences 

13 years ago i ran an nvidia 8800 GTS on a crappy HEC 400w it ran without problems for 6 years until the gpu became too old to run games , a friend of mine had the same configuration and his graphics card was dead after only 4 months of use.

Same thing not every smoker gets lung cancer , but that doesnt mean smoking doesnt cause lung cancer

 

 

[Mezoxin]

14 hours ago, Bombastinator said:

To do perhaps a little thread jacking what I would love in a PSU is for me to be able to run the thing till it pops but NOT have to worry about whether it will take my system down with it.  Then I can just slap one in, quit worrying about it, and drive it till the wheels come off.  The impression I am getting is this is not at this time a possible thing.

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/guides/single-rail-power-supply-platform-atx12vo-design-guide.pdf

 

they seem to be moving in the opposite direction as seems like in the near future you will have to change both the PSU and the motherboard with time as motherboards would  be required do more DC-DC conversion 

[Bombastinator]

4 hours ago, Mezoxin said:

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/guides/single-rail-power-supply-platform-atx12vo-design-guide.pdf

 

they seem to be moving in the opposite direction as seems like in the near future you will have to change both the PSU and the motherboard with time as motherboards would  be required do more DC-DC conversion 

The article is 23 pages, but from your summary this strikes me as a terrible idea.  It makes things less modular and spreads problem systems across components.