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2 year old EVGA 650 GS ok to use with 1080 Ti? (not wattage, quality)

One GPU system, no overclocking planned. The PSU has spent the last two years with a 970, a little overclocked the last few months (if that matters for PSU longevity?).

 

I know the wattage is fine, but I also know the 650 GS isn't the ideal power supply in terms of quality (ripple suppression, and I think I read about it lacking certain kinds of protection?), and mine's not brand new either. I'm not used to having so expensive a component in my PC so I find myself over-researching and making myself nervous, perhaps unnecessarily. The 1080 Ti is being shipped so I could go pick up a more definitively top-quality unit while I'm waiting (in for a penny in for a pound, I guess), and the old one would still be a capable backup. Still, I don't want to replace a component unnecessarily. The 650 GS is "tier 2" according to this site, and I can read reviews and understand the theory behind things like ripple suppression so I see how it ends up there, but in practical terms is that something I should be concerned about? As I noted, the PSU has been under what I'd figure is pretty normal use. The only thing maybe worth noting is it spent the first 1.5 years plugged into a 3-prong outlet without an actual ground (bad apartment wiring!) but the computer ran fine the whole time. That's corrected. 

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650 GS is good enough, it's not bad enough to warrant upgrading, imo.

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Thanks, I'll hang onto it! That's what I figured but I'm good at making myself paranoid.

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