Should I get a new PSU?

[Mika Horward]

Heya,

I am currently ''done'' building my PC. I am very satisfied with my current components and don't want to upgrade for a little while. I, however, forgot one thing: my PSU.

My PSU is the Corsair CX600, a pretty poor quality CPU as far as I have been told, by both the PSU tier list (tier four) and others telling me it fails on a more frequent basis than other PSU's.

My rig (in case it is needed to answer the questions):

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4,20GHz
CPU Cool: Noctua NH-U12S
RAM: 16 GB of HyperX Fury
MOBO: MSI B150M Bazooka
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX (MSI Gaming X edition) 1080 8GB VRAM DDR5X
Harddrives: 2x SSD 250GB + 1TB SSD WD Blue + 1 External TB
PSU: Corsair CX600M
OS: Windows 10, 64-bit

I play higher end games like BattleField 1 and Destiny 2, however, not all the time. I also play a lot of games that demand barely anything like RuneScape 2007 etc.

So my 2 questions are: Should I upgrade my PSU and if yes, what would be a good PSU for > 100 euros? I thought of the Seasonic Focus 650W Plus Gold or the EVGA Supernova 650 G2

NOTE: I DO NOT OVERCLOCK

 

[jankerson]

I would highly recommend getting a new one, can't stress that point enough.

Either the Focus or G2 are excellent choices.

 

[geofelt]

Your choices are good ones.
But, if the CX600 has been running well, I might not change it out.
It may be prone to failure, but it has sufficient safety features so that it will not do damage to your parts if it fails.
Corsair is very good about RMA if the unit fails under warranty.

 

[jankerson]

You might have missed it, but we saw a few of those old CX's fry some GPU's very lately here on the forums when they let go.

Seems we are seeing more of this as time goes on as they age.

Smoke and sparks and that sort of thing.

So when I see them I recommend they replace them before the light show. 😀

 

[geofelt]

You might have missed it, but we saw a few of those old CX's fry some GPU's very lately here on the forums when they let go.

Seems we are seeing more of this as time goes on as they age.

Smoke and sparks and that sort of thing.

So when I see them I recommend they replace them before the light show. 😀

Nasty thought.
I have had a couple of the old CX430 units stop working which caused no damage.
Corsair replaced them nicely.
The new CX units are supposed to be better, but I assume the OP has the old type.

Still, the OP must balance the certain cost of a replacement vs the possible cost of a failure causing damage.

 

[jankerson]

You might have missed it, but we saw a few of those old CX's fry some GPU's very lately here on the forums when they let go.

Seems we are seeing more of this as time goes on as they age.

Smoke and sparks and that sort of thing.

So when I see them I recommend they replace them before the light show. 😀

Nasty thought.
I have had a couple of the old CX430 units stop working which caused no damage.
Corsair replaced them nicely.
The new CX units are supposed to be better, but I assume the OP has the old type.

Still, the OP must balance the certain cost of a replacement vs the possible cost of a failure causing damage.

We have been seeing it more lately with those things, seems they are aging and more letting go and taking other parts with them.

Just read some bad things about the new models too here yesterday on the Tier thread.

Not good and enough for me to stop recommending them at all, doing the TXM's at a min.

 

[Mika Horward]

You might have missed it, but we saw a few of those old CX's fry some GPU's very lately here on the forums when they let go.

Seems we are seeing more of this as time goes on as they age.

Smoke and sparks and that sort of thing.

So when I see them I recommend they replace them before the light show. 😀

Nasty thought.
I have had a couple of the old CX430 units stop working which caused no damage.
Corsair replaced them nicely.
The new CX units are supposed to be better, but I assume the OP has the old type.

Still, the OP must balance the certain cost of a replacement vs the possible cost of a failure causing damage.

We have been seeing it more lately with those things, seems they are aging and more letting go and taking other parts with them.

Just read some bad things about the new models too here yesterday on the Tier thread.

Not good and enough for me to stop recommending them at all, doing the TXM's at a min.

Whether it was needed or not, I decided to anyways.

I'd rather be safe than sorry, so I just bought the EVGA Supernova 650 G2.