Worth upgrading from Seasonic S12II 520W?

[MoSh_996]

I have a Seasonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze PSU,

My PC specs are: AMD Ryzen 5 2600, AMD RX480 4GB, 16GB DDR4, 1 ssd and 1 hdd.

I want to upgrade to a Seasonic Focus GX-650 650W 80+ Gold PSU, it's the best choice in this price range available in my country.

My reasons for upgrading are future proofing my PC in case I get a better PSU like an RTX 3060 when it releases or something that needs a better PSU, and because I read that my PSU is apperanly very old model (pre-Haswell days) so I would love to have something new and modern, and it's also fully modular which is always nice to have.

I also have random blackscreens and crashes that were never fixed when I changed my old no brand PSU to this seasonic model ( I also changed CPU, MB, RAM ) and the problem persisted especially when I try to OC my GPU, but the problem started occuring much less after cleaning and changing the paste on my GPU.

 

Anyway is the upgrade worth it? considering I will pay around 50-60$ for it after I sell my current PSU

 

Edit: My biggest reason for this upgrade isn't the wattage but the new unit being modular and being more modern and efficient in general

[Mr.Moustache]

I mean, depends on what the rtx 3060 psu recommendations is, im currently a ryzen 5 2600 and rtx 2060 super on a 500w psu and im fine really

[Bombastinator]

I don’t know what kind of power draw unreleased GPUs are going to have so waiting to find out what is required may be a smarter move.  The problem with buying a 650 is if it turns out you need a 700 it’s useless and if it turns out all you needed was a 450 it’s a waste.

[MoSh_996]

Just now, Bombastinator said:

I don’t know what kind of power draw unreleased GPUs are going to have so waiting to find out what is required may be a smarter move.  The problem with buying a 650 is if it turns out you need a 700 it’s useless and if it turns out all you needed was a 450 it’s a waste.

 

2 minutes ago, Mr.Moustache said:

I mean, depends on what the rtx 3060 psu recommendations is, im currently a ryzen 5 2600 and rtx 2060 super on a 500w psu and im fine really

Problem is with the stock available here the least wattage option is this 650w one, all the other options with less wattage are weak or unknown brands and I'd rather stay on my psu in that case, also this model I want to upgrade to is fully modular so that's another reason that's motivating me to upgrade 

[MoSh_996]

Le't's say I upgrade to a used RTX 2060 or something similar instead of an RTX 3060 to make it less confusing 

[jazz9]

It's both old and group regulated.

I'd get a new PSU for a modern system.

[VeganJoy]

my buddy's 2060 super pulls under 200w, so id be comfortable running that or a 2060 on a 500w psu. i ran an oced 1080ti pulling 320w on a 550w psu, you generally dont need anything fancy. ampere's transient power draw is reportedly extremely high and once that's sorted out we may see some manufacturers such as seasonic revising their psus like they did with the old focus series.

[MoSh_996]

1 hour ago, jazz9 said:

It's both old and group regulated.

I'd get a new PSU for a modern system.

so it's worth paying around 60$ for this upgrade? considering I don't have any other Tier A PSUs available in stock in my country 

[jazz9]

27 minutes ago, MoSh_996 said:

so it's worth paying around 60$ for this upgrade? considering I don't have any other Tier A PSUs available in stock in my country 

Definitely worth replacing imo.

Again, group regulated PSUs are (or should be at least) a thing of the past.

You also don't NEED to get a Tier A PSU if your budget is tight, any decent modern PSU should be a big upgrade over a S12II for a modern system.

A Corsair CX is already far better for example (edit: well this one's not modular, but a good Tier B PSU should be just fine is my point).

[MoSh_996]

3 hours ago, VeganJoy said:

my buddy's 2060 super pulls under 200w, so id be comfortable running that or a 2060 on a 500w psu. i ran an oced 1080ti pulling 320w on a 550w psu, you generally dont need anything fancy. ampere's transient power draw is reportedly extremely high and once that's sorted out we may see some manufacturers such as seasonic revising their psus like they did with the old focus series.

so psu's are having problems with Ampere or it's just a precaution 

[MrBrightSyde]

47 minutes ago, MoSh_996 said:

so psu's are having problems with Ampere or it's just a precaution 

Some PSUs don't like high transient GPUs, like the 3080, and will trip one of their protections and shut down the system. We know nothing about the 3060 but upgrading to a GX-650 should be more than fine.