Thanks for the replies! the urgency was based on the fact I was going to pull the trigger the next day at the time. I've had no problems with my current PSU what so ever , In the past i've had audible noises from PSU's after some years, I had a Cooler master that would rattle a lot after 3...
Iv'e had my psu for just over 5 years now. As far as my memory serves me it's a Corsair TX 650 watt v2. Currently powering a P8P67 mobo, 2500K @4.4ghz, GTX 970 MSi gaming 1500 core and 100 mhz over stock memory, 16 gigs of ram ( 4 dimms). 3 X ssd's and 2 hdd's.
The only reason for replacement...