PSU Life expectancy?
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650W would be enough if rest of the parts are at stock.
Question is about quality of particular PSU and its components.
And Silverstone is mostly toward parts chosen for cheap price.
That wattage and age hints to it belonging to that cheaper parts group.
Even their latest 80+ Titaniums aren't any high end PSUs, with ATX spec breaking bad ripple and failing hold up time.
And certainly if you can afford such ludicrously overpriced graphics card, which won't hold value for many years, buying quality PSU with decade operating life shouldn't be too much.
Question is about quality of particular PSU and its components.
And Silverstone is mostly toward parts chosen for cheap price.
That wattage and age hints to it belonging to that cheaper parts group.
Even their latest 80+ Titaniums aren't any high end PSUs, with ATX spec breaking bad ripple and failing hold up time.
And certainly if you can afford such ludicrously overpriced graphics card, which won't hold value for many years, buying quality PSU with decade operating life shouldn't be too much.
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My thoughts are - if your spending the considerable money on a 2080ti, do you really want to take a chance on a 2014 psu?
Chances are it'll be fine, but if you plan to run it for another 2-3 years then I think it would be approaching end of life and one pop of the psu could do some damage to your other expensive components.
Chances are it'll be fine, but if you plan to run it for another 2-3 years then I think it would be approaching end of life and one pop of the psu could do some damage to your other expensive components.
I'm with the others on this as well.
A new decent PSU is only going to cost you what, ~10% of the 2080ti.
Most Silverstone PSUs aren't worth their price.
Cheap components... So and so performance with even clear failures... Short warranties...
All that glitters isn't gold, or in this case silver.
Regardless what brand marketing calls it.