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faceman123 · 8 Jun 2021 at 19:01

Hi Folks,

So i have a T2 850 Titanium from 2017 ( January ) should i sell it and upgrade to a 850w Gold? IT's almost 5 years old, What are your thoughts in terms of life span? I'll be getting an RTX 3080TI in the near futture ( or so i think.. )

MissChief · 8 Jun 2021 at 19:05

It will be absolutely fine and I'd have no qualms whatsoever about using it. Only thing I'd possibly do us give it a good blow out with some compressed air.

faceman123 · 9 Jun 2021 at 16:54

MissChief said:
It will be absolutely fine and I'd have no qualms whatsoever about using it. Only thing I'd possibly do us give it a good blow out with some compressed air.

Thanks

Hopefully it lasts another 3 lol

Grimley · 9 Jun 2021 at 17:42

I have a G2 550 that's about 6 years old now. I registered for the 10 year warranty at the time, if you did the same with your T2 850 then keep it. It's the longest I've ever kept a PSU IIRC. If a family member wants a new PC I usually buy a new one for myself & the existing PSU becomes a 'handmedown'. Didn't do that the last time round & that was a year ago.

Darujhistan · 11 Jun 2021 at 15:44

4 years is nothing.

sybaris · 28 Jun 2021 at 13:48

I have a corsair gold and so far its lasted 8 years and about 55,000 hours of use.