Thanks for such a quick reply. If you it is not too inconvieninent could you inquire me to the nitty gritty regarding the whole 310 to 530watts or reffer me to somewhere?
Ive actually had this on an old pc of mine from back in 2013 that ive used for about 18k hours (or so smart says) and im looking to upgrade it a bit. It doesnt seem to have any problems at the moment, but should i replace it just to be sure?
These days the 12v is known to power almost everything: GPUs, CPUs, fans, part of the motherboard, sometimes DRAM (but is generally still 3.3v) and some PCs already fully work with it (converting it on the motherboard normally). This used to be different, with 5v being much more important than it...
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The problem also is that this isn't just an old, group-regulated PSU, but that it's
also an off-brand. Known good power supplies are made by few companies and it's almost unheard of for there to be a good PSU from a complete unknown.
And here's the thing, you don't know if you have any problems. Not everyone who eats a pound of bacon for breakfast every morning has a heart attack, but some do, and for many, they're unaware there's a problem
before the heart attack. The awfulness of junk PSUs isn't just dramatic explosions, but the long, slow, killing of everything getting dirty power from it.
This should absolutely be replaced if you're actually using it.