Question Is it safe to keep my psu?

[BlueGR]

I have a corsair vs650 psu. My psu is 3 years old. I recently bought a graphics card and I am worried if my psu can handle it. I don't plan to overclock.
Currently, I am not having any issues, but I am really worried if in the near future the PSU could fry my hardware.

Is it safe to keep my PSU and save my money or should I upgrade, if so to what?

Specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600
GPU: RTX 3060 Ti
MOBO: B450 Tomahawx Max
PSU: Corsair VS650
RAM: 16GB DDR4 3600MHZ
HDD: Toshiba dt01aca100 1TB (nearly full)
SSD: Samsung 750 Evo 500GB (nearly full)
OS: Windows 11

I live in Greece

 

[Ralston18]

More information needed:

What problems are there? Why the concern about "safe"?

Do you believe, for example, that the PSU is insufficient power for your build?

Or is there some other concern(s)?

Are there lots of crashes and/or errors?

Update your post to include full hardware specs and OS information.

How old is the PSU? Original, new, refurbished, used?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

Are you overclocking?

Add some details to your post.

 

[--SID--]

I have a corsair vs650 psu. My specs are: Ryzen 5 3600, Rtx 3060 ti.
Is it safe to keep my psu and what benefits do I get if I upgrade?

Corsair VS is a low quality, group regulated unit with bad voltage regulation when you pair it with recent hardware. You don't want to use such very low end unit with an expensive GPU. Replace it for a decent unit.
What's your location?

 

[BlueGR]

Corsair VS is a low quality, group regulated unit with bad voltage regulation when you pair it with recent hardware. You don't want to use such very low end unit with an expensive GPU. Replace it for a decent unit.
What's your location?

I live in Greece.

 

[--SID--]

Ah, is that you. I answered your question in your other topic https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/psu-recommendation.3757155/#post-22654425

 

[BlueGR]

Ah, is that you. I answered your question in your other topic https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/psu-recommendation.3757155/#post-22654425

You did, but I am wondering if it is worth upgrading or I should save my money.

 

[BlueGR]

More information needed:

What problems are there? Why the concern about "safe"?

Do you believe, for example, that the PSU is insufficient power for your build?

Or is there some other concern(s)?

Are there lots of crashes and/or errors?

Update your post to include full hardware specs and OS information.

How old is the PSU? Original, new, refurbished, used?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

Are you overclocking?

Add some details to your post.

Updated my post.

 

[--SID--]

Absolutely worth to upgrade. Like I said: you don't want to use a junky groupregulated unit with an expensive GPU.

 

[Ralston18]

Agree with @--SID-- (Post #8 above).

Start here:

https://www.binarytides.com/psu-specs-explained/

Then with more understanding go here:

Best Power Supplies of 2022 - Top PSUs for Gaming PCs | Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com)

Not with the immediate intent to purchase a new PSU.

The objective being for you to apply 2 or 3 of the calculators to size the PSU needed for your build.

And you can also do your own calculation by manually totaling up the wattage requirements of each component in your build. If a component has a range of wattage values then use the high end wattage value.

Once the component watts are all totaled I add 25% more for a cushion.

Key is to use a well reviewed, known PSU of good quality. You will pay more but the results will be worth the results.