How long are you getting from your PSU?

[jboydgolfer]

I always recommend buying quality PSUs from reliable name brands even though they typically cost a pretty penny. The problem I have convincing some of my clients to budget more for quality, name brand supplies is there are so many off-brand, no-name generic PSUs in antique Dells, Compaqs, HP systems that are still chugging along flawlessly after years and years of service.

im curious if this trend will continue on in the decade to come? meaning, i wonder sometimes, if older no name PSU's were built using some of the same components as "higher quality" brand name PSU's, and all you were getting with that elevated price, was a label (atleast in some cases).... which may still be the case in some circumstances.

It is hard to make an argument to spend more on a quality PSU with so much evidence out there cheap, budget supplies work too.

regarding the "how to convince customers, (or whoever) that buying brand name is better in the long run than the other choice". My answer has always been the same....Even if the components are good in a no name item, your buying service, a warranty when you select a certain brand. Look at Nvidia reference GPU's for example, I had an issue with one of my reference 970's shroud once, and i inquired about getting a replacement for it...hahahaha, it was more of a pain in the A$$, than downloading 100Gb's over 56k dial up. I never got the shroud BTW...as where a company like powercolor, or EVGA, or sapphire, etc will often (IME) have MUCH easier, and customer friendly support, and options to boot). Its the same with any OEM who sells direct to wholesalers, as well as retail buyers.....You dont get the service that a reseller often is capable of deploying, chat support, fast , or "advanced RMA" , etc. Tell them what I tell them, which is, your buying a component, but your also entering into a relationship with the seller of the given item, & you want to make sure that seller is willing to stand behind (insert product) until you comfortably feel it has lived its life, and served your needs , and you have gotten your $$ worth. like buying an item that theoretically will/should last 10 years, and has a warranty for 2 years , most people will feel more "assured" in their purchase, if they know the seller will back that item for the expected Entire lifetime of said item. Your buying the promise of replacement IF things dont go the way they are expected. But Your still stuck convincing them that the "planning for the worst" is worth another 40% or so in higher cost

but im confident your aware of this fact.

 

[Jetster]

OEMs sometimes remain in service due to a lottery of reasons. They don't use top shelf parts but the parts they do use sometime just work. And even if they still work doesn't mean the power is correct. Other parts will struggle to work correctly but the customer think it's not the PSU because it's running.

 

[Tomgang]

Thermaltake Toughpower 1500 watt. Got it may 2009 and still going strong. So al most 9 years old. One of the only original parts left in my x58 pc.

https://www.bit-tech.net/reviews/tech/psus/thermaltake_toughpower_1500w_w0171_psu/2/

 

[m0nt3]

I have an Antec TruePower 430 Watt from 2003. Still works, but I have had to replace a few capacitors. Its hard to find a new power supply that has a good 5V rail needed by those old computers. Power my Athlon 64 3200+ + Radeon X800 Pro

 

[infrared]

I'm not a huge fan of thermaltake, but my first semi-decent one was a Thermaltake Purepower 680w from 2005 (13 years!). Still works to this day, I keep it as a spare for testing or occasionally powering a QX9650 pile of bits for wcg crunching.

https://www.bjorn3d.com/2005/01/thermaltake-purepower-680w-power-supply/

I plan to continue using my EVGA G2 850W and G3 750W until they're 10 years old.

 

[John Naylor]

Beats me ... I have never had one fail. I had an old Wang 8088 purchased in 1985 that I had running till about 2013. I kept a CAD station / Office File Server going for about 10 years, most other systems (CAD workstations by day / gaming systems by night) from the office get passed down or given away ..... after 30+ years of owning PCs and 25 years of building them, no failures. Almost always left on 24/7.

Favorite ... Antec CP-850, stellar performance $85... 9 years old ... barely breaks room temperature. For budget systems we've used Seasonis S12 / M12 series for about 10 years I guess.. later on B2s from EVGA where more power needed at low price.... for Enthusiast boxes, Corsair HX, Seasonic X, Snow and prime series, EVGA P2 ... had two G2s that were extremely noisy and 1 that wasn't. Never used a PSU ina 2nd build tho.

 

[theFOoL]

Rosewill 630 Modular bought 2011 and still strong

 

[jboydgolfer]

I had an old Wang

NICE!!!

 

[eidairaman1]

I have a Antec neo he 500 from circa 2005, still going.

My 1250 is soon to be 4 years old this year

 

[GamerGuy]

My oldest PSU now is my SilverStone OP1000 which I'd gotten around 2007/8, still a powerhouse running my FX8350 _ 2x GTX670 rig, but I'll soon be retiring this rig and selling it to a friend for mere pittance. My other three rigs are powered by >1kW PSU's (Enermax Max Revo 1500W, Seasonic X-1250, Corsair HX1050) so I'd expect them to last me a long time as well.

 

[cdawall]

I have a Thermaltake Black Widow 850w oddball unit (CWT build and basically a Tt Toughpower 750w) that has been going since 2007/2008 running sli/crossfire rigs. It currently is mining with a stack of RX460/560's on it. Unit is dead silent and stable as a rock. I cannot complain at all for the quality.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I have yet to have an Enermax Liberty die and I have several of those. First was bought in 2006.

Other than my server being a serial killer of PSUs until I got a UPS for it, I've not had any failures in over a decade.

 

[Melvis]

Well My 2 Corsair HX 620s and my HX 650 Didnt even last its warranty time and the HX 450 is making noises also..., very shit PSU's while the HX 520 and 850 never had a problem, but to many problems to recommend Corsair again sadly. Silverstone on the other hand been rock solid so far so im sticking with them for now.