Should I change PSU?

Amraam

Amraam

Amraam

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I wasn't going to as I thought it was 'only' ~6 years old. It's a fairly decent on: Corsair HX620, but I think it's actually nearer 8+ years old. For the sake of £80 for a new one, should I just cough up? It would be handy to get one so I could keep both systems running whilst I copy game files across, but I don't want top spend £90 just for that convenience.

Cheers
 
yeah that's the concern. It works, but how can you tell if a PSU is on its last legs? You can't, until it dies. I would say the PSU is at the very least 7 years old, but I can't find the order history for it so I suspect it's a decade.

I could do with getting the PSU tonight or tomorrow, and have noticed that a popular ripoff highstreet store has the Corsair RM650x for £90; about a fiver more than online, so postage basically.

For the sake of convenience, is that a worthy consideration?
 
Thanks. I'm hoping to pick one up this weekend though if possible.

What do people think about the Corsair RM750x or 650x? It sounds like it's from about 2016, so not the latest model, but reviews seem to be good. I can get this from the highstreet, but if you really think I should wait, I'll order a seasonic and postpone the build a week.
 
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