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I have a 5 year old desktop that is still going strong. I replaced its video card, harddrive and cpu fan. I always figured that once I either get a decent amount of income, hardware requirements went up or it got "too old", I would just replace it. This thing works fine though, is fast, multitasks, plays games on highest settings, all that and it seems like I may not have to replace it.....except for the power supply. How long do you think it could last? I don't want my PSU blowing up and erasing my data randomly one day.

This happens to be mine:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139007

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    This entirely depends on the individual product expected lifespan. Do you have a specific question we can answer? Since we can't predict how long a random PSU will last?
    – Ramhound
    Nov 19, 2015 at 14:22
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    Some PSU have a warranty of 10 years, some have a warranty of a year, you can estimate the expected lifespan based on the length of the product's warranty.
    – Ramhound
    Nov 19, 2015 at 14:24
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    My experience has been they usually last until you overload them, but my experience is exclusively with classic switching supplies; "active" units may be prone to failures I haven't experienced.
    – Zeiss Ikon
    Nov 19, 2015 at 14:26
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    Corsair gives that line a 5 year warranty. That is as good a guess as you are likely to get. But it is still a guess...
    – EBGreen
    Nov 19, 2015 at 14:41
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    "I don't want my PSU blowing up and erasing my data randomly one day." This won't happen, but if it did, there is just as much chance of it happening with a "new" PSU. Afraid of data loss? Make regular backups. ;)
    – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
    Nov 19, 2015 at 14:49

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That spesific PSU you listed has a 5 year warranty, so id estimate the lifespan of it (in a gaming rig that does not overload it) to be a few years over warranty.

With Electronic equipment its very hard to judge lifespan, but it can exceed the warranty , and possibly most folks expectations when its been looked after.

My PSU has lasted for about 9 years now and it still hasnt acted out yet.

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  • What model psu do you have?
    – munchschair
    Nov 19, 2015 at 16:46

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