Should I replace my power supply?

[nanaeacp]

Hey all,
My current power supply is a Cooler Master Real Power Pro 850W (cooler master rs-850-emba),
and it's almost 10 years old. As the title says, should I replace it?
It is a very good power supply and it's seen some good usage already, however, it's never been used to its maximum capacity, at its maximum use only about 650W throughout these 10 years.
It was meant to provide juice to an SLI setup but I never got around to it so it's always been running a single overclocked graphics card and overclocked CPU. No insane overclocks since everything is air cooled and I want a stable system.
My electricity supplier is very good and stable (220V - 50Hz).

Thank all!

 

[unclebun]

My general rule of thumb is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"

 

[jay32267]

I am still running DOS PCs in a manufacturing plant that have run 24/7 for 25 years with the same PS. I agree with unclebun.

 

[BringerOfTea]

Keep it, when you plan or setup a budget for a new pc, include a new PSU into the budget and dont skimp on it

 

[RARRAF]

if its working then I would have to agree with unclebun

 

[ARICH5]

My general rule of thumb is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"

i agree

 

[Rexper]

The PSU shoudn't take out the other parts if it dies since it has the necessary protections so I'd only replace it only when you start seeing problems.

If a PSU didn't have those protections, leaving it until it dies risks your whole system and maybe dangerous depending on the PSU.

 

[jankerson]

Hey all,
My current power supply is a Cooler Master Real Power Pro 850W (cooler master rs-850-emba),
and it's almost 10 years old. As the title says, should I replace it?
It is a very good power supply and it's seen some good usage already, however, it's never been used to its maximum capacity, at its maximum use only about 650W throughout these 10 years.
It was meant to provide juice to an SLI setup but I never got around to it so it's always been running a single overclocked graphics card and overclocked CPU. No insane overclocks since everything is air cooled and I want a stable system.
My electricity supplier is very good and stable (220V - 50Hz).

Thank all!

PSU's don't last forever and using one that is already 10 years old (had a 5 year warranty) so you got your money's worth out of it.

Not very efficient either, but was good when it was new.

I would replace it with a good high quality unit if it was me.

 

[nanaeacp]

Thanks for the replies guys, based on your answers I think I'll stick with this one for a while longer and maybe swap end 2018 or early 2019, I haven't seen any issues so far and I do believe this one has the required protections to not take out the rest of the components if it blows.