2 Year old psu

[Lil Chillbil]

Ok So I recently installed my old Antec 620 watt psu into my rig along with the new gpu, this psu has only logged around 18 hours in its previous machine.

 

And I was wondering if I should be worried that its 2 years old?

[Coombzy]

if it works no my PSU is now 3 years old and is fine.

[DyGr00339]

Should be fine

[Lil Chillbil]

Thanks for the replies so fast. I will defo keep this psu in my rig

[mr moose]

Solid state electronics only fail for two reasons: 1. physical damage and 2. poor design/cheap parts that result in physical damage.  If it is good quality and you look after it, it will live forever.

[catbutts]

Don't forget most power supplies have super long warranties. Corsair offers a 7 year warranty and I think Antec offers a 3 year warranty?

[LogicalDrm]

Wattage should be enough. I got 675W. Since its Antec, I suppose you won't run out of connectors either.

[Samdb]

If you really are worried, take a look at the caps. If they aren't blown, you're good to go.

[YellowDragon]

Power supply are really hard to outright kill, usually they live to the point where the connectors that they have are no longer commonplace, ie before PCIe power cables were created and molex ruled the world.

 

Plus when you have PSUs like the EVGA supernova series they offer a mind numbing 10 year warranty that basically says the the mean time between failure is so high that it will likely outlive you before it dies.

[FireFox]

Since it's Antec you're good mate, my brother until quite recently was rocking a Cooler Master for about 6 years without any issues.

 

Don't worry about it

[BigD1970]

Just take the top off of it and clean the dust out and look for burn marks...Maybe put in a better fan if needed.