Retire 7 year old Corsair TX-650?

KingDingDong

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I bought this supply around 2008 and has probably seen on average 12hrs/day.

Current rig:
Q6600
8GB Ram
Asus P5Q-E
Radeon 4350
This rig has problems with restarts, BSOD, BIOS corruption especially while gaming and has for years however they are not consistent and I have not devoted the time to resolving them.

This rig will become a secondary gaming PC for my kids with an undecided GPU (770, 380, 390x) and to earn my OC chops on. Will be upgraded with new processor/MB (4690k likely) in the next 3-6 months likely.

Although I don't immediately have the need for more power should I just retire this PSU and get a Tier 1-2 850 or so PSU and take that out of the equation? I assume it is not worth the time or cost to take it to a technician for testing.

Also, I will have two rigs in a 11x11 second story bedroom/office. I have already bought a Seasonic 850 Platinum for the new box, will a Platinum vs. Bronze produce significantly less heat? It got rather warm in here this summer.

Thanks
 
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The TX 650 is a decent PSU. Eventually, the main capacitors are going to lose all their 'goodie'. Because it is a good unit, I would expect it to die the slow, quiet, lingering death we would all hope for from our PSUs (as opposed to the sudden, firey, smoke, and heat kind of death)

We are looking at a few of percent difference in efficiency, so the difference between Bronze and Platinum could be be less then 50W.

I'd keep using the old one while looking for a great bargain and jumping on something like a $45 EVGA B2 750W, or something similar.
The TX 650 is a decent PSU. Eventually, the main capacitors are going to lose all their 'goodie'. Because it is a good unit, I would expect it to die the slow, quiet, lingering death we would all hope for from our PSUs (as opposed to the sudden, firey, smoke, and heat kind of death)

We are looking at a few of percent difference in efficiency, so the difference between Bronze and Platinum could be be less then 50W.

I'd keep using the old one while looking for a great bargain and jumping on something like a $45 EVGA B2 750W, or something similar.
 
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