Should I change my power supply?

[xFluing]

I currently have a TX550M from Corsair (grey label, the good one). Have had it for over 7 years now. With my current setup (R5 5600, RX 6700 XT) PC Part Picker estimates a power usage of around 410 Watts. My plan for the foreseeable future, is to keep buying around the same tier of products (Ryzen 5, RX x600-x700), no overclocking as I don't need to and don't enjoy doing it anymore.

 

I would like to know if I should upgrade the power supply before anything else at this point, to give myself some headroom, or if the headroom I have right now will keep being fine for the foreseeable future.

[Tridefender]

Ryzen 9000 series have very good energy performance ratio, they have higher ipc so you can use less power, you don't need change PSU unless it's degraded 

[podkall]

I'd only upgrade the PSU when you do MB change, because you're already replacing so many things and cables during MB change, might aswell get new PSU so you can support stronger GPUs.

 

But as of now nothing's wrong with keeping your current PSU.

[xFluing]

6 minutes ago, Tridefender said:

Ryzen 9000 series have very good energy performance ratio, they have higher ipc so you can use less power, you don't need change PSU unless it's degraded 

What about the possibility of GPUs 2 or 3 generations from now in the same tier using more power? I've seen what seems to be a rising trend in power consumption in GPUs. Granted I won't be using a 4090, but I want some insurance that in the future I won't have the displeasure of seeing something like a hypothetical RX13700 XT use 700w by itself.

[xFluing]

2 minutes ago, podkall said:

I'd only upgrade the PSU when you do MB change, because you're already replacing so many things and cables during MB change, might aswell get new PSU so you can support stronger GPUs.

 

But as of now nothing's wrong with keeping your current PSU.

That's the way I was planning to approach this, *if* a power supply would be needed for the future, however I am looking to hold onto what I have now until it fails, if it fails which is why I asked this, because I *don't* want to have to replace something that's working completely fine.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

2 minutes ago, xFluing said:

What about the possibility of GPUs 2 or 3 generations from now in the same tier using more power? I've seen what seems to be a rising trend in power consumption in GPUs. Granted I won't be using a 4090, but I want some insurance that in the future I won't have the displeasure of seeing something like a hypothetical RX13700 XT use 700w by itself.

welp just keep holding on to your power supply till it isnt enough, instead of having used up an uneccesary 4 or so years of lifespan on your new unit you can just run your old unit into the ground first then have a longer lasting new unit since it still has more life left in it

 

though psus generally live 10-15 years usually toward the 15 year mark so might just be uneccesary hypermiling of the psu but oh well why waste cash on something you dont need to upgrade anyways

[podkall]

3 minutes ago, xFluing said:

That's the way I was planning to approach this, *if* a power supply would be needed for the future, however I am looking to hold onto what I have now until it fails, if it fails which is why I asked this, because I *don't* want to have to replace something that's working completely fine.

I mean sure, but with MB change you already unhook like 90% of PSU cables, that's why I suggested changing PSU alongside MB as an option.

 

Also not sure how easy it is to sell old low power PSU, but I do know some people can buy PSUs used, used PSUs aren't always liability, high quality PSUs that lasted for several years are a sign of no factory defects, meaning they can be decent investment for few years of usage, or on system that won't stress it that much anyway.

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 hour ago, podkall said:

I'd only upgrade the PSU when you do MB change, because you're already replacing so many things and cables during MB change, might aswell get new PSU so you can support stronger GPUs.

 

But as of now nothing's wrong with keeping your current PSU.

It is now out of warranty, so worth consideration.

[podkall]

59 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

It is now out of warranty, so worth consideration.

honestly, up until certain point, warranty's no longer required, as the hardware proves itself over years the chances of failure no longer originate from factory defects or barely acceptable conditions that somehow passed, and actual wear now becomes the new enemy.