OCZ power supply - should I risk it?

Ady2009 · 5 Mar 2018 at 21:15

Hi all

I need to upgrade the trusty 350W Seasonic power supply in my PC. I do however have an OCZ ModXStream Pro 500W power supply which I bought in about 2010 and never got around to using and so it is still brand new and still sealed. When I bought it, OCZ had really good reviews but from what I have read online recently is that after a while they burned out and were apparently not that good after all.

Would you risk it?

Thanks

Ady2009 · 6 Mar 2018 at 23:58

Thanks all. Good idea to at least test the voltages on it before installing it. I guess I am not too bothered if the power supply does eventually die but same as everyone I don't want it to damage anything else inside the computer.

BTW: this is going to be used to run a XFX GTS 250 which same as the power supply is brand new and still sealed in the box. I bought both to build a new PC and then was not able to buy the rest at the time so put them to one side to go back to but never did! What a waste.

Ady2009 · 9 Mar 2018 at 00:08

Hi EsaT. Thanks for your honest thoughts. I had read something too that these PSU's has some bad components inside which is why I was nervous about using it. I need something I can trust.

If I could go back in time then I would buy a Seasonic instead but I am stuck with this for now so am at least thinking about opening it up and swapping out the usual troublesome capacitors so I at least have a little bit more reassurance with it. Prevention is better than cure.

Ady2009 · 11 Mar 2018 at 14:14

The PC it is going in is 2011 era and the graphics card is a GTS250 so it is a case of being sensible about how much money we keep investing in it. From what I have read about these PSU's it tends to be the main filer cap that goes bad and then takes other components out. I think it would be sensible to swap that main filter cap out at least just to be on the safe side and then a quick inspection of the others.