Old PSU still good to use ?

Soljarag · November 2, 2020

Budget (including currency): $1,700-$2,500 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CAD, Rendering, games, VR

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):

Hey, I'm thinking about building a new PC with a Ryzen 8 core (or more) and RTX 3080 ....

I have these two old PSU's and wondering If I could/should still use them? would they plug into modern Motherboards? do they have the correct plugs for the GTX 3080?

1) Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1000W Full Modular PSU (RS-A00-80GA-D3).

2) Thermaltake tp-1200ah3csg 1200W

what one if these are better? I think Cooler Master is newer....

Thanks!

Doubble · November 2, 2020

I don't think so. they have 6pin and not 8pin. also if your reusing them then they might go kaboom. buy a modern PSU because that is the one part of a system you can't cheap out on.

edit: also 1200w is overkill

henk1122 · November 2, 2020

What is a GTX 3080? What is old in your perspective? What is the power rating? As long as it works it's fine IMO. "Go kaboom" is not something which happens much. I've had a 10 year old PSU in my tiny home server running for 5 years without any issue.

-- edit

Oh you listed them in your topic. My bad. That's not old at all.... I would use them to save money you can put in other parts. As long as the psu's are working there is nothing to worry about.

Soljarag · November 2, 2020

9 hours ago, henk1122 said:

What is a GTX 3080? What is old in your perspective? What is the power rating? As long as it works it's fine IMO. "Go kaboom" is not something which happens much. I've had a 10 year old PSU in my tiny home server running for 5 years without any issue.

-- edit

Oh you listed them in your topic. My bad. That's not old at all.... I would use them to save money you can put in other parts. As long as the psu's are working there is nothing to worry about.

haha, yeah in my original post I put GTX lol.... then I caught myself and edited it 5 min later to RTX

ok, yeah I'm guessing they are about 7 years old.... haven't really pushed them that hard (the past 2 years they have only been used like 5 hours a week)..... ok I may give one of them a shot with a 6 pin to 8 pin adapter (I think they make that) and then upgrade the PSU later

Thanks

Soljarag · November 2, 2020

just noticed I forgot to edit one of the "GTX" in my original post.... ah well, I'm leaving it! can you tell how long its been since I built a PC haha

-rascal- · November 2, 2020

19 hours ago, Doubble said:

I don't think so. they have 6pin and not 8pin. also if your reusing them then they might go kaboom. buy a modern PSU because that is the one part of a system you can't cheap out on.

edit: also 1200w is overkill

Both PSUs have a combination of PCi-E 6-pin and PCI-E 6+2 pin connections.

I am not quite sure what you mean there...

20 hours ago, Soljarag said:

Budget (including currency): $1,700-$2,500 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CAD, Rendering, games, VR

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc):

Hey, I'm thinking about building a new PC with a Ryzen 8 core (or more) and RTX 3080 ....

I have these two old PSU's and wondering If I could/should still use them? would they plug into modern Motherboards? do they have the correct plugs for the GTX 3080?

1) Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1000W Full Modular PSU (RS-A00-80GA-D3).

2) Thermaltake tp-1200ah3csg 1200W

what one if these are better? I think Cooler Master is newer....

Thanks!