What are the risks of running a poor/old PSU

[LOST TALE]

Is it mostly inconvenience in terms of sudden shutdowns or significant damage overtime to components' lifespan (to less than normal use life) or chance of sudden destruction of components?

What odds am I dealing with with a 8-9 year old antec HCG620M ? 

[Quackers101]

old might not matter too much, so long its golden for use. Like no dust in it, and it might not perform as good compared to some newer models.

But if it's a poor or bad PSU, then be careful. From creating fires or the like,something you would need to watch out for damaged or very cheap PSUs.

So you don't leave with the power on, with it running while being away.

[Moonzy]

12 minutes ago, LOST TALE said:

Is it mostly inconvenience in terms of sudden shutdowns

best case scenario, it shutting itself down to prevent damage

 

12 minutes ago, LOST TALE said:

significant damage overtime to components' lifespan (to less than normal use life)

i read that PSU with high ripple damages components (while researching about cheap mining PSU)

 

12 minutes ago, LOST TALE said:

chance of sudden destruction of components?

least of your concerns

house fire is one of the worst outcome, i would say

 

as for your specific unit, not too well versed in PSU to comment

[Elisis]

5 minutes ago, Quackers101 said:

old might not matter too much

There are so few 9 year old PSUs that are good in any way today, and HCG620M was not good even at release. It's just some ancient Seasonic shit. There are also the risks involved with running a component three times its warranty period.

[LOST TALE]

1 minute ago, Quackers101 said:

old might not matter too much, so long its golden for use. Like no dust in it, and it might not perform as good compared to some newer models.

But if it's a poor or bad PSU, then be careful. From creating fires or the like,something you would need to watch out for damaged or very cheap PSUs.

So you don't leave with the power on, with it running while being away.

This is in LTT's low tier list but atleast it's something. How would it fare against your poor or bad PSU standard?

I blew some dust off after the first pic.

 

[Quackers101]

2 minutes ago, LOST TALE said:

This is in LTT's low tier list but atleast it's something. How would it fare against your poor or bad PSU standards

 

I blew some dust off after the first pic.

Not sure and can't speak of, but what Elisis said is something to consider.

 

Also nice you cleaned it, hopefully it wasn't just open like that? *sweats*

[LOST TALE]

40 minutes ago, Quackers101 said:

Not sure and can't speak of, but what Elisis said is something to consider.

 

Also nice you cleaned it, hopefully it wasn't just open like that? *sweats*

It's only opened like that to look at it, take this picture and as I noticed some dust on the side, I got rid of that too. But it's never been open like that and it never ran open.

[GDRRiley]

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