to swap or not to swap my PSU to a full modular one?

[y0ur5h4d0w]

it might sound like a stupid question but... is it actually worth to swap from a semi-modular power supply to a full modular power supply? i own right now a CX850M from corsair that actually never failed me, it's old though and was thinking about maybe replacing it with a full modular corsair RM650X (or a full modular of any other brand), my setup is listed here, you'll see 3600MHz ram but on my system there's actually 2x 3466MHz 16gb kits overclocked to 3600MHz via D.O.C.P, but i don't think it affects much of the total wattage needed tbh... 

the question is: is it actually worth to swap to a full modular power supply coming from a semi-modular one? i was thinking about to try to overclock probably the GPU a bit in the future, so 650W gives me a bit more of wattage room (still never overclocked anything, so i guess having around spare 200/250W on my power supply sounds good?)

my pc setup right now:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$279.99 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler	Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$159.49 @ Newegg
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-F Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard	$299.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory	$97.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory	$97.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 840 Pro Series 256 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$278.89 @ Amazon
Storage	Silicon Power A80 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$69.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Green 2 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive	$77.70 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$44.50 @ Amazon
Video Card	Zotac GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB AMP Video Card	$458.71 @ Amazon
Case	Sahara P35 ATX Mid Tower Case
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1865.23
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-19 19:52 EDT-0400

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

how would a modular pssu help you? It shouldn't affect performance at all, so I see no reason to

[minibois]

2 minutes ago, y0ur5h4d0w said:

is it actually worth to swap to a full modular power supply coming from a semi-modular one? 

The CX850M (assuming it's a grey label unit, not a green label unit) is a decent, so it wouldn't be necessary to replace.

The cables that make the CX850M semi modular are the 24 pin ATX and 8 pin EPS connectors, which are needed on all PC's, so you are not saving any cable clutter there.

 

The only thing the PSU swap would help with is possibly lower noise, since I think the RM650X has a quieter fan (but don't quote me on that, it might be wrong) and the RM650X has a zero RPM mode on the fan too.

[dizmo]

Worth is subjective, so in the end you're really the only person that can answer the question.

Is spending that money worth it to have cables you can replace?

 

I'd only replace the PSU if it's nearing the end of it's warranty.

[y0ur5h4d0w]

13 hours ago, dizmo said:

I'd only replace the PSU if it's nearing the end of it's warranty.

that's something i didn't consider at all... my PSU is pretty old, i think it might be 4yo, for how long are PSUs still reliable? it worked a tons of hours for sure

[Gorilla Warfare]

If it's an older CX series , not the Black and Grey\White version I'd replace it.

[dizmo]

59 minutes ago, y0ur5h4d0w said:

that's something i didn't consider at all... my PSU is pretty old, i think it might be 4yo, for how long are PSUs still reliable? it worked a tons of hours for sure

I usually base it on the warranty. Companies generally do a fair bit of research to see when a PSU will fail; they're not going to warranty it past the point where units start to drop off. It also depends what unit you have. Lower end unit? I'd just replace it.