Aging Antec BP 550watt psu still good? Voltage readings

[tokeylokey66]

Where are my PSU pros at? My Antec power supply which was great back in the day is getting pretty damn old. But it won't stop beating on me! I don't know if i should replace it or if that's a waste of money. Bought 7 years or so ago, used 5 years. All voltages i checked were in healthy range, 12v rail goes to 11.8 at the minimum.
It never has random shut downs and can run my card mining for 24 hours at a time. Do i literally have to open this thing up to see it's age? What do i look for, or do i just kick back and wait till it shows signs. Mobo and HW monitor both show the same voltages so i doubt they are wrong? If your voltages are in check does that mean your PSU is good? Or is that just a little piece to it?

 

[Rexper]

What are you using to check the voltage?

"If your voltages are in check does that mean your PSU is good?"
Not necessarily. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/how-we-test-psu,4042.html
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/why-99-percent-of-power-supply-reviews-are-wrong/

 

[tokeylokey66]

What are you using to check the voltage?

"If your voltages are in check does that mean your PSU is good?"
Not necessarily. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/how-we-test-psu,4042.html
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/why-99-percent-of-power-supply-reviews-are-wrong/

I usually use HWmonitor which seems to be on point. Sometimes when i boot up i go into BIOS and the voltages look fine.

 

[GhislainG]

A PSU can last a lot longer than 7 years. If voltages are fine and the system is stable, then the PSU is still good.

 

[Rexper]

What are you using to check the voltage?

"If your voltages are in check does that mean your PSU is good?"
Not necessarily. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/how-we-test-psu,4042.html
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/why-99-percent-of-power-supply-reviews-are-wrong/

I usually use HWmonitor which seems to be on point. Sometimes when i boot up i go into BIOS and the voltages look fine.

Voltage reports from software aren't really accurate. You'd physical equipment to properly test the voltages.

 

[GhislainG]

The BIOS usually is quite accurate, but a quality DVM is better.