Time to replace PSU?

[Bobbysixjp]

I'm sure that this has been asked 1000s of times, but I have a 2016 Corsair RM850x PSU that is coming up to 5 years old and am wondering if it is time to replace it with a new model (same model but newer)?

[GoodEnough]

from my experience psu's have a lot longer lifespan than cpu's and gpu's

[Omar.B]

No if there's no problem then why to change? Average age for psu is 10 years.

[Bobbysixjp]

1 minute ago, Omar.B said:

No if there's no problem then why to change? Average age for psu is 10 years.

Well, you hear horror stories of a PSU failing and taking all the components with it and then you think compared to the price of a GPU these days, a PSU is relatively low cost, so why not replace it after 5 years?

[GoodEnough]

1 minute ago, Bobbysixjp said:

Well, you hear horror stories of a PSU failing and taking all the components with it

those are beyond rare

[Omar.B]

2 minutes ago, Bobbysixjp said:

Well, you hear horror stories of a PSU failing and taking all the components with it and then you think compared to the price of a GPU these days, a PSU is relatively low cost, so why not replace it after 5 years?

I know but your psu is really good and your not doing some crazy overclocking or facing problems with it so you dont need to change !