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Am I playing with fire?

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ferrisnox

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I have a Corsair CMPSU-520HX PSU that I have been using regularly in my main rig since 3/3/2009. I recently upgraded my system from an x58 board to a 4Ghz 4790K board.

Everything seems to be working fine and handles well, but I upgraded because the old pieces were going on 6 years old. So should I be looking for a new PSU and if so what do you recommend? I never run anything crazy imo demanding a huge 1000 watts or anything silly like that.
 
You'll be alright, considering the 4790K will draw less power than the X58 system, and the HX line, while no longer one of the top tier platforms, is still a good one.
 
I disagree, do you wait to buy new tires until your old ones blowout? There's nothing more important in your case than the power supply. $100 or less is cheap insurance imo. Pretty sure your processor would cost more than that to replace.
 
Retired my HX520 7 months ago when I had coil whine on a EVGA GTX970. It could be the ancient power supply right?!? Got a shiny new XFX power supply... Exact same coil whine issue :(. I kept the XFX and now the HX520 is just sitting in a box.
 
ocellaris said:
Retired my HX520 7 months ago when I had coil whine on a EVGA GTX970. It could be the ancient power supply right?!? Got a shiny new XFX power supply... Exact same coil whine issue :(. I kept the XFX and now the HX520 is just sitting in a box.
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Coil whine can also come from the motherboard, a sound card, or anything else with a coil.
 
So that's one for one against.... hmmm Any specific 500-650 wattage you guys would recommend in the 120 dollar range? I liked the Corsair HX because I knew it was built by Seasonic at the time and had good capacitors etc... I'm not so sure about Corsairs today though.
 
Kidius said:
I disagree, do you wait to buy new tires until your old ones blowout? There's nothing more important in your case than the power supply. $100 or less is cheap insurance imo. Pretty sure your processor would cost more than that to replace.
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Not quite the same thing. A good PSU failing 99.9% of the time does not have catastrophic consequences. Car analogies almost always fail for a reason.

Although, degradation is a concern, and most home users do not have the equipment to test for degradation.
 
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