Worth updating an corsair AX850 ?

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Hi strange question I have an Corsair AX850 brought few years ago but never even used really but will be with a new build soon.

Is it worth upgrading the p/s to the newer Corsair p/s units, was wondering if technology has updated and p/s units are more efficient or better since the AX850 came 2-3 years ago ?
 
Shivy011 said:
No point in updating it, will still probably be an excellent unit.
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This is a seasonic-built, fully modular, 80 plus gold efficiency PSU that should power pretty much any dual GPU rig you could throw at it. It even comes with a 7 year warranty, so you should have around 4 years still left of that.

There are some PSUs with a bit higher efficiency (80plus platinum and Titanium), but the difference is not nearly significant enough to consider switching to one of those IMHO.
 
I remember reading on here that some of the newer AX i series psu's are actually of an inferior quality than the older AX. As the guys above have stated, stick with it as its still an excellent psu.
 
A friend of mine i work with had his ax 860 go and Corsair offered to replace it with an AX860i. After linking him to that useful OEM PSU page, he requested a on par model from a similar OEM to his original 860. They took a little longer in the RMA but in the end he got the AX860 after a bit of e-mailing. To be fair, it was four years old and had a five year warranty, I was surprised they replace it with a new one cost free considering how late in the warranty it was. I have had companies tell me that rather than send a replacement towards the end of the warranty, they would offer me a discounted price on the replacement part, as i would have had fairly good use out of the product before it broke (within its warranty).
 
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The AX860 can't be for years old as I'm pretty sure they came out in 2012, even the previous model AX850 is under 4 years old. :)

Both also came with a 7 year warrenty. :)
 
Quality psu used in main rig to cope with two cards and wee overclock :)

Just ordered an AX750 for 2nd rig....7 year warranty says a lot about the quality of them :)
 
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