Do I need to replace my PSU which is 9 years old?
19 minutes ago, VyacheslavKs said:Hey guys!
A little backstory: In 2011, I (my mom, actually) bought me a PC with parts that I chose. I wasn't very aware of what parts do I need (I was choosing the ones with the highest numbers, lol), and I ended up building a pretty decent for 2011 times PC, with a PSU of... 950W.
So, for today I use my Chieftec Nitro BPS-950C, and I use it for almost ten years (January 2021 will be its birthday). Luckily, it's still working pretty well. I also had zero issues with it for all these years.
Thus, I wonder – when do I need to replace the PSU? When it'll refuse to start anymore? Or when it's too old, and it's dangerous to use it?
Over time psu's wear down and will lose the power to drive their original intended goal thats why sometimes you have those units that were just fine powering a system suddenly all be it a bit close having issues after 5 years. The main reason you'd want to replace it is wear and tear and it just not being up to date with the modern protections and whatnot that psu's have now. That and certain protections are expected by the motherboard nowadays and if you don't have them it could cause a lot more damage than on an older board that did not expect those.
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