Right time to change PSU?

[Luer]

Hi All

I will be upgrading from my i5-750 to an i5-3570k in the coming months; I've had my current PSU, an old Seasonic 650W, for some 2,5 years now and I am wondering if this would be the right occasion to swap it out for a new PSU ?

My understanding is that PSUs loose power/ burn-out/ lose capacity (whatever the technical term is) over time, hence my question.

Thank you in advance

 

[Rugger]

Great PSU and a Seasonic PSU will last a long time; you don't need to replace it.

 

[abekl]

Agreed. No need to replace it.

 

[AdrianPerry]

3rd. No need to replace 650w is plenty of power and as previous said, SeaSonic make fantastic quality PSU's.

 

[Luer]

Excellent, thank you for your input - I will hold on to it for yet another CPU generation then. Any suggestions as to when I should get a PSU - another 2 years or so?

Thanks

 

[delluser1]

Hi All

I will be upgrading from my i5-750 to an i5-3570k in the coming months; I've had my current PSU, an old Seasonic 650W, for some 2,5 years now and I am wondering if this would be the right occasion to swap it out for a new PSU ?

My understanding is that PSUs loose power/ burn-out/ lose capacity (whatever the technical term is) over time, hence my question.

Thank you in advance

At stock clocks you will be decreasing your power consumption, significantly
3570K when loaded uses less power than a 2500K
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i7-3770k-i5-3570k_8.html

2500K uses a good deal less power than an I5-750 750
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-power-consumption-efficiency,3060-11.html

Overclocking could make you match the power consumption of the I5-750, not an issue even if you surpassed that

Have had my Seasonic built Corsair 620 for 6 years, multiple builds, still going strong

Only if you're just looking to burn money


Um, yea, capacitor aging , it does exist, many people go way overboard in thier determination of it's effects