[SOLVED] PSU health

[Coffinmaker]

Just curious if these voltages are ok for my PSU. It is a 10 year old Corsair TX650w. I'm going to be building a new PC and since I'm at max budget with the parts I bought, I'd like to know if this PSU is still doing ok. First pic is from hwmonitor, the second is from my bios. Thanks!

https://imgur.com/a/FR0eezQ

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/FR0eezQ

https://imgur.com/a/PPG3jhb

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/PPG3jhb

 

[DSzymborski]

You can't really tell health from software monitoring, you'd need to use a load tester and really put it through the meat grinder. I'd personally replace any PSU not currently under warranty in a new build.

 

[sizzling]

At 10 years it’s out of warranty, if it does fail you are not covered. For that alone I would not risk a new build on it.

I don’t think any of that information tells you anything substantial. When reviewer test psu’s they use some specialist equipment to get meaningful results.

 

[jay32267]

Just curious if these voltages are ok for my PSU. It is a 10 year old Corsair TX650w. I'm going to be building a new PC and since I'm at max budget with the parts I bought, I'd like to know if this PSU is still doing ok. First pic is from hwmonitor, the second is from my bios. Thanks!

https://imgur.com/a/FR0eezQ

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/FR0eezQ

https://imgur.com/a/PPG3jhb

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/PPG3jhb

Those voltages are in spec (except 3 mV out on the 3.3V in HWMonitor, but that's pretty insignificant)...however I would lean on replacing it due to its age (especially with a new build).

 

[Coffinmaker]

Would a corsair cv550 do the trick?

 

[DSzymborski]

Would a corsair cv550 do the trick?

Depends what the equipment is. The VS (and CV, which is the VS tinkered for 80+ Bronze certs) are still entry-level, even if much improved from the previously un-buyable PSUs in the VS line. If this is an office machine or something with a low power GPU (1050 Ti, even a 1650 Super), that's acceptable, but if this is something that has either more power-hungry low-midrange cards (RX 470/480) or higher end GPUs (the newest AMDs and 2060 and up from Nvidia), I'd want to be a little more ambitious.

 

[Coffinmaker]

Depends what the equipment is. The VS (and CV, which is the VS tinkered for 80+ Bronze certs) are still entry-level, even if much improved from the previously un-buyable PSUs in the VS line. If this is an office machine or something with a low power GPU (1050 Ti, even a 1650 Super), that's acceptable, but if this is something that has either more power-hungry low-midrange cards (RX 470/480) or higher end GPUs (the newest AMDs and 2060 and up from Nvidia), I'd want to be a little more ambitious.

Ryzen 5 2600
Gtx 1660 super
16gb ram
500gb nvme drive
1tb hdd
Rosewill challenger case
Asrock b450m pro 4 mobo

 

[DSzymborski]

Ryzen 5 2600
Gtx 1660 super
16gb ram
500gb nvme drive
1tb hdd
Rosewill challenger case
Asrock b450m pro 4 mobo

I would not be inclined to go anything below a CX in quality with these specs.