What are the chances of this power supply failing on me and/or destroying my pc?

[SkyDukii]

Because I'm on a very tight budget and from Europe, I have this cheapo-brand power supply:
http://www.lc-power.com/en/product/netzteile/standard/lc600h-12-v231/
The website I bought it from had very good reviews, saying the psu was silent, very good, blablabla, but I read some reviews on other websites and now I'm kinda afraid to use my pc.
I've had this psu for a little over 5 months.

So is this psu safe and what are the chances of it destroying my pc?
Btw, I'm planning on getting a new one very soon, but I need my pc until then.

 

[Zerk2012]

Overrated 480 Watt PSU but it does say it has safety protection.
If it's made it this long i would use it till a higher quality one can be bought.

 

[InvalidError]

Unless something is going horribly wrong with the voltage regulation, the main thing to watch out for is rising capacitor ESR as they reach end of life causing excessive peaking. To check for that, you would need to take a look at what the voltage regulation and noise look like with an oscilloscope while the PSU is under load.

 

[SkyDukii]

Unless something is going horribly wrong with the voltage regulation, the main thing to watch out for is rising capacitor ESR as they reach end of life causing excessive peaking. To check for that, you would need to take a look at what the voltage regulation and noise look like with an oscilloscope while the PSU is under load.

Hmm.. So what would be the consequences of excessive peaking or failing capacitors?

 

[InvalidError]

Hmm.. So what would be the consequences of excessive peaking or failing capacitors?

Failing caps cause peaky and noisy supply voltage: failing caps have high ESR and only a fraction of their nominal capacitance, which can massively degrade their ability to smooth power out, sometimes to the point of being as good as not there at all.

Exceeding the maximum voltage rating of components, frying them. Inducing excessive noise in voltage control circuit, causing them to malfunction and possibly fry whatever they are connected to. Various other types of issues ultimately caused by noisy supply voltage.

If you are lucky, the PSU will shut itself down from tripping one of its output protections before any harm is done. If you aren't, your whole PC may get fried before the PSU dies for good. What are the chances? Luck of the draw: how likely the PSU is to fail depends on usage patterns, operating temperature and luck, none of which you have much control over and none of which being particularly repeatable.

 

[Zerk2012]

^^^^^^ This and the same thing could happen with a better PSU but less likely.

 

[SkyDukii]

Hmm.. So what would be the consequences of excessive peaking or failing capacitors?

Failing caps cause peaky and noisy supply voltage: failing caps have high ESR and only a fraction of their nominal capacitance, which can massively degrade their ability to smooth power out, sometimes to the point of being as good as not there at all.

Exceeding the maximum voltage rating of components, frying them. Inducing excessive noise in voltage control circuit, causing them to malfunction and possibly fry whatever they are connected to. Various other types of issues ultimately caused by noisy supply voltage.

If you are lucky, the PSU will shut itself down from tripping one of its output protections before any harm is done. If you aren't, your whole PC may get fried before the PSU dies for good. What are the chances? Luck of the draw: how likely the PSU is to fail depends on usage patterns, operating temperature and luck, none of which you have much control over and none of which being particularly repeatable.

Thanks, I really need to get that new psu.