Can Corsair CX430 last 5++ years ? (MS Office+Web browsing)

[anderson9987]

My build is just a cheap one

i3 6100
ssd 120gb kingston
4gb ram
No Gpu
And the Psu


My sister will only use the pc 3 or 4 hours per day.
Just MS Office and Web Browsing.

Do you think it can last for several years?
Or must I be lucky to see it last for 5 or more years?

 

[DSzymborski]

I don't typically recommend gaming builds with Corsair CXs, simply because the powerful, discrete GPUs have a significant and irregular power requirement, which generally makes a higher-tier PSU prudent. For an office rig such as this, however, something like a CX is perfectly reasonable, you're not asking a lot of the capacitors. I'd also check the various Seasonic 350 bronze-rated PSUs, which frequently are even less expensive than the CX 430.

 

[Wolfshadw]

It may last ten minutes. It may last ten years. I'd lean more towards the latter.

-Wolf sends

 

[TechyInAZ]

I'd recommend you get the CX430M instead (or is it CX450M? either way), it's a much better quality unit. If possible get it over the older CX.

 

[DSzymborski]

I'd recommend you get the CX430M instead (or is it CX450M? either way), it's a much better quality unit. If possible get it over the older CX.

It's the other way around. The newer ones with the generated rails and the better capacitor selection tend to end in 50 (which works until you get to 750, which did have an older CX).

I don't think it's *necessary* however as this is a very light office rig.

 

[alth0triplemadang]

Corsair CX series are c.r.a.p and the some of them are overpriced IMHO.
But they still a good PSU, even though some of the models use capXon and teapo caps.

I'd go with 350w 80+ Bronze Seasonic PSU like this one:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151077

I think 350w is enough, Intel skylake chips are power efficient.