Should I Replace 5+ yo PSU?

[ldmendes7]

In April 2016 I built my PC, fast forward over 5 years and pretty much every part has been upgraded once or twice. 
 

My PSU however still remains, the same one since 2016 (Corsair VS650) and it’s got enough power to handle the system just fine. 
 

However my question is that should I consider changing it out now, even though it works fine? As my GPU is now an 2070 super, and have 32GB of expensive high speed ram in the PC along with a decent i7. If the PSU decides it’s time to die, could it potentially damage these expensive components? Or will it just die peacefully? And I can just continue the mindset of if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. 

Thanks. 

[shoutingsteve]

28 minutes ago, ldmendes7 said:

In April 2016 I built my PC, fast forward over 5 years and pretty much every part has been upgraded once or twice. 
 

My PSU however still remains, the same one since 2016 (Corsair VS650) and it’s got enough power to handle the system just fine. 
 

However my question is that should I consider changing it out now, even though it works fine? As my GPU is now an 2070 super, and have 32GB of expensive high speed ram in the PC along with a decent i7. If the PSU decides it’s time to die, could it potentially damage these expensive components? Or will it just die peacefully? And I can just continue the mindset of if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. 

Thanks. 

When a PSU goes wrong it can take a lot of other things down with it, true, but that is typically when it over-volts.  That almost always happens directly out of the box.  If it's been going strong for 5 years, it will likely just go placidly in the night when it decides it's time.

[dizmo]

It's not a very high quality unit, so I would.

[Bombastinator]

How long was the warranty?  There are PSUs that last a long time before they blow. Ideally one wants to replace a PSU just before it blows. Thereby gaining maximum use without the downside of destroyed hardware.  Standard risk/reward stuff.  How much would a replacement be?  What kind of warranty would IT have? One thing that might be looked at is what is the life expectancy of that particular model. Probably hard data to get though.

[IIIIIIIIII]

1 hour ago, ldmendes7 said:

In April 2016 I built my PC, fast forward over 5 years and pretty much every part has been upgraded once or twice. 
 

My PSU however still remains, the same one since 2016 (Corsair VS650) and it’s got enough power to handle the system just fine. 
 

However my question is that should I consider changing it out now, even though it works fine? As my GPU is now an 2070 super, and have 32GB of expensive high speed ram in the PC along with a decent i7. If the PSU decides it’s time to die, could it potentially damage these expensive components? Or will it just die peacefully? And I can just continue the mindset of if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. 

Thanks. 

VS is a very low end unit that uses double forward, group regulation. It is not recommended for use with the 2070S.

[Bombastinator]

37 minutes ago, IIIIIIIIII said:

VS is a very low end unit that uses double forward, group regulation. It is not recommended for use with the 2070S.

*wanders off to find out what “double forward group regulation” is*

[ldmendes7]

Ok sorry for the late reply, went to bed.

But having read your replies, and reading this which lists my PSU in the lowest group E (Corsair | VS 2012 [orange-label]) I think I will update my PSU.

 

Does anyone have any recommendations to which power supply I should get? 

 

Thanks for the help guys!