my psu is around 13-14 yrs old

[Tanhis]

this is the psu from my old pc and id say its due for an upgrade. thoughts?

[FalseControl]

Is there anything wrong with it?

[Haidar]

Hey! 
 

it’s dangerous to open up a PSU, it’s better to give the job of swapping the psu to a specialist. 

[Tanhis]

well there isnt anything wrong with it now but im concerned it wont last a lot longer

[IBM_THINKPAD_R51]

11 minutes ago, Tanhis said:

this is the psu from my old pc and id say its due for an upgrade. thoughts?

As long as it provides all of the wattage you need (without making any loud whining noises or whatnot) you are fine. For example I use an old Antec Tru-power 1000w in a dell poweredge server and its been going 14-7 for over 10 years

[bmx6454]

13 minutes ago, Haidar said:

Hey! 
 

it’s dangerous to open up a PSU, it’s better to give the job of swapping the psu to a specialist. 

what? he never said open it up, he's talking about replacing it. why would you need a pro to replace it? basic knowledge, common sense, and basic tools are more than enough.

13 minutes ago, Tanhis said:

well there isnt anything wrong with it now but im concerned it wont last a lot longer

it may continue to be fine for a long time, could die tomorrow. either way, there are a lot of great features/protections that psu's didn't have back then, so that's something to consider imo. i would consider a replacement, especially if you plan on a new build.

[Pixelfie]

It will probably work fine, but who knows how long. If it's not an issue for you just replace it. I recommend replacing whenever it's out of warranty (most PSU's have 10 years) or if you upgrade something else and it's not strong enough.

 

18 minutes ago, Haidar said:

Hey! 
 

it’s dangerous to open up a PSU, it’s better to give the job of swapping the psu to a specialist. 

Where did you see they opened it? You don't need to open up the PSU to replace it. All you need to do is unscrew the unit, remove the cables and take it out of the systen.

[Arethusa]

Age and use contribute to the depletion of capacitors in a PSU. If your running it at an overhead then the expected lifetime can be as high as 10 years.

[FalseControl]

1 minute ago, bmx6454 said:

what? he never said open it up, he's talking about replacing it. why would you need a pro to replace it? basic knowledge, common sense, and basic tools are more than enough.

I think he is trolling xD

 

1 minute ago, bmx6454 said:

it may continue to be fine for a long time, could die tomorrow. either way, there are a lot of great features/protections that psu's didn't have back then, so that's something to consider imo. i would consider a replacement, especially if you plan on a new build.

I agree about replacing if its a new build

 

 

[Tanhis]

5 minutes ago, FalseControl said:

I think he is trolling xD

 

I agree about replacing if its a new build

 

 

i plan on doing a new build when the ryzen 7000-series,intel 13th gen and rtx 4000-series come out in the 2nd half of 2022

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Tanhis said:

i plan on doing a new build when the ryzen 7000-series,intel 13th gen and rtx 4000-series come out in the 2nd half of 2022

Pretty sure that PSU isn't going to work with a 40 series card.

 

[Juular]

6 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

Pretty sure that PSU isn't going to work with a 40 series card.

And most modern 750W probably wouldn't either depending on the exact GPU.

[Tanhis]

3 hours ago, Juular said:

And most modern 750W probably wouldn't either depending on the exact GPU.

ill upgrade it atleast by then or earlier if it breaks

[Pixelfie]

4 hours ago, Tanhis said:

ill upgrade it atleast by then or earlier if it breaks

Remember, when it breaks it could kill other components too. Even if you're replacing most of it I would just get a new PSU to be safe. Seeing how much power 40 series cards probably use, I recommend 850w for 4070/4080, 1000w for 4090 and 750w for the rest. Yes it might need less and your current PSU may still work fine for this system but better safe than sorry.

[Guest]

6 hours ago, Tanhis said:

ill upgrade it atleast by then or earlier if it breaks

So... if it "breaks" and kills all of your other hardware, you'll just buy a whole new PC?  Ok.... Got it.

 

[jaslion]

On 1/30/2022 at 2:06 PM, Tanhis said:

ill upgrade it atleast by then or earlier if it breaks

This thing is old enough to not really protect anything when it breaks. Aka if it breaks say goodbye to everything.