Question about PSU's

robfosters · 1 Sep 2013 at 00:57

My PSU is still serving me well. I bought it in late 2008 and have used it every day since then for many hours, but it is still solid as a rock.

However, as it's now 5 years old, I was wondering, should you replace a PSU after a certain number of years? I know you can wait until it goes bang, but is it a safer idea to change it before this happens for the sake of the rest of your components and indeed, personal safety as well I'd imagine.

Do you change after a certain number of years, even if you need no extra power?

MOOGLEYS · 1 Sep 2013 at 01:00

I see no reason to change if it is working fine. Personally I would have more faith in a good worn in known reliable PSU over a new one tbh.

JonJ678 · 1 Sep 2013 at 01:22

At some point I think the capacitors will give out, but I don't know how to estimate how long that will take

Farseer · 1 Sep 2013 at 12:42

Wow how many people still have the trusty Corsair HX 620

I made a thread about this in the week asking the same question if you want to review the responses there:

Lifetime of a PSU.