How often do you change PSU?
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Man of Honour
I've just retired one after 9 years.. There was nothing wrong with the outgoing one, i just didn't want to push my luck.
Man of Honour
My previous one was 7 years old when it was retired from my main pc. It's now been going for a further 3 years in the wifes pc with no problems. If you buy a decent one to beging with you shouldn't have any trouble running one for 7 years or more. My next will be EVGA though, purely for the 10 year warranty. Probably one of the new G3's which are based on the new Superflower Leadex Gold II platform.
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Not interested in the Seasonic Prime, pastymuncher?
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Man of Honour
Nope. Seasonic are way overhyped and overpriced. I only have my current one as it was on offer and the EVGA G2's weren't released at the time. Many of their current offerings are available from the likes of XFX at a much lower price.
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I'm using a 9 year old 530w Corsair which seems perfectly fine. I have a much newer Seasonic 750w, but the coil whine is super annoying so I took it out. I dont think they make em like they used to 
A lot of them have a 10 year warranty so they can probably go for much longer than that. There's no reason why it wouldn't if the components are good quality. It's not like the crappy PSUs in Dell's PCs which last 3 years if your lucky
A lot of them have a 10 year warranty so they can probably go for much longer than that. There's no reason why it wouldn't if the components are good quality. It's not like the crappy PSUs in Dell's PCs which last 3 years if your lucky
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I'd only think about upgrading when close to the end of warranty. 
Soldato
I only change PSU's in either of my PC's when:
It fails or:
Another family member wants an upgrade, so old PSU goes in that upgrade & I buy myself a new one. PSU's are currently a EVGA 550 G2 (bought this year) & a Seasonic G series 550. (3 years old but not used much)
It fails or:
Another family member wants an upgrade, so old PSU goes in that upgrade & I buy myself a new one. PSU's are currently a EVGA 550 G2 (bought this year) & a Seasonic G series 550. (3 years old but not used much)
Soldato
End of warranty would be my rule of thumb too.
Soldato
My last Corsair TX750 I sold two years ago when it was 6 years old. Got £40 odd for it on the MM which is insane as I only paid £60 for it new.
Current Super Flower Leadex GOLD 650W will go for another 5 years I reckon.
Paid £65 for it on OcUK, price now is £95!
Current Super Flower Leadex GOLD 650W will go for another 5 years I reckon.
Paid £65 for it on OcUK, price now is £95!
I used to upgrade PSU quite often as the power consumption of my pcs seemed to keep getting higher, now that trend is reversing and everything is using less power i think PSUs will last for many years. The longest i've used the same PSU in my main rig was a Enermax Galaxy 1000w, that lasted me about seven years but i've still got a OCZ powerstream 600w that i bought in 2004 that is still going strong and has gone through loads of secondry systems, that thing only cost about £180 which is over a hundred quid less than the Enermax and will probably end up lasting three times as long
Since they give a 10 year warranty on these EVGA PSUs im using now i dont expect to be changing it before 2024, i guess they wouldnt put that length warranty on it if they didnt think it would last that long.
Since they give a 10 year warranty on these EVGA PSUs im using now i dont expect to be changing it before 2024, i guess they wouldnt put that length warranty on it if they didnt think it would last that long.
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I run quite a number of Seasonic X PSU's, oldest is from 2009 and still running. Some of the PSU's are in home servers. Jonny Guru one said the quality on the Seasonic X units is really server grade.
I do have a Seasonic G that needs RMA ing, but that's what happens when you cheap out on a G series and not the X series.
Back to the question, I think any electronics that's built correctly can last many years. I have Pioneer amplifiers over 25 years old still running, they of course have PSU's in them.
I do have a Seasonic G that needs RMA ing, but that's what happens when you cheap out on a G series and not the X series.
Back to the question, I think any electronics that's built correctly can last many years. I have Pioneer amplifiers over 25 years old still running, they of course have PSU's in them.
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This is a interesting question, because I have only changed mine to make it modular, besides that it is working top notch. Personally I would only think you would change psu for more power or less power in a sense of a super gamer system to a non gamer system ie media box.
Many years ago after I graduated I worked at a company where one of the directors had worked on Concorde amongst other UK defense projects.
The simple advise that he gave on computer PSU's was you work out your maximum computer wattage then buy a quality PSU thats at least double. If your building a PC with high wattage GPU's that not feasibility, but I think you should at least try and double what your PC normally runs at. If you have a quality PSU and factor in plenty of redundancy it should last many years. I think also keeping the PSU cool helps it's life, so if you have for example a case that allows the PSU's air intake to be drawn from outside.
The simple advise that he gave on computer PSU's was you work out your maximum computer wattage then buy a quality PSU thats at least double. If your building a PC with high wattage GPU's that not feasibility, but I think you should at least try and double what your PC normally runs at. If you have a quality PSU and factor in plenty of redundancy it should last many years. I think also keeping the PSU cool helps it's life, so if you have for example a case that allows the PSU's air intake to be drawn from outside.
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