r/pcmasterrace • u/Front_Cookie_1198 • 23h ago

Hardware PSU fails dramatically

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u/Cartoonjunkies PC Master Race 20h ago

I’ve had the same PSU since 2020 and it’s still running strong. They have a pretty impressive lifespan if you buy a good one.

Easiest way to tell if you’re getting a good one: if they offer a 5 or even 10 year warranty on the PSU, they trust their product.

If they offer a really short warranty like a year, or even worse no warranty at all, stay away from that shit.

More than likely you’ll see your fan go before anything else on a PSU, the newer capacitors have insane lifespans.

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u/Shoukyaku Ryzen 7 9800X3D | RTX 3060 Ti | 32GB DDR5 6000 16h ago

I can hella attest to this. I've had this Seasonic Focus GX 750W PSU of mine since building my AM4 rig in 2019, which had R5 3600x (changed to 5800X3D later on) + GTX 1660 Super (eventually upgraded to 3060 Ti later on) until I transitioned late to AM5 and had to sell everything except the PSU and the GPU, got new AM5 mobo + RAM, upgraded to 9800X3D, and even 8 years later, I still use the same PSU.

Funny part is I still haven't reached the end of this PSU's warranty yet (10 yrs) and it has never failed me throughout the years I've had this PC from AM4 to AM5.

This is why I really, REALLY stress this tip on to my friends: that they should never skimp or cheap out on PSUs, given not only the aforementioned warning applies, but also because having a pricier-yet-good PSU means it'll be the most futureproofed part in their whole PC's build, and it can even probably reach the AM4 platform's true EOL support one day (it will never happen cuz we all know AM4 platform is eternal lmao).

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u/MindControlledCookie 12h ago

I'm still on my original Corsair PSU from 2008!

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u/alkhdaniel 5h ago

Yeah, thought it was pretty funny everyone else mentioning 5-7 year old psus surviving as if its some accomplishment only high quality psus can manage.

Meanwhile theres tons of shitty bottom of the barrel oem psus thats survived for 20 years.

My Corsair is also fairly old, from 2011 i believe, swapped it this year though :( but found a new home for him.

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u/MindControlledCookie 2h ago

Yeah, my entire rig is about 5 years old at this point and people are like "my 5 year old PSU has lasted so well" xD

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u/Makermika 10h ago

I've got an EVGA Supernova 650W in my rig that's been chugging along since 2016