Should I replace my 750W power supply with the 850W model?
Should I replace my 750W power supply with the 850W model?
I recently acquired a used PC from eBay featuring a Ryzen 7 7700x @ 5.5 GHz with a 1,245 V supply, 32 GB (2x16) DDR5 CL 40 Corsair Vengeance RGB RAM at 6200 MHz, an ASUS PRIME B650-Plus motherboard, a Gainward RTX 4070 Panther running at 3000 MHz boost clock and 1.085 V, a 2TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD, an iCUE H100i Elite RGB AIO cooler with two non-RGB fans, four 120mm Corsair RGB case fans, and a 750W BeQuiet Straight Power 11 Gold PSU. My previous system was an i5 4690k @ 4.3 GHz, 16 GB (4x4) DDR3 CL11 Corsair Vengeance RAM at 2133 MHz, a Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 motherboard, a Gigabyte GTX 970 running at 1565 MHz boost clock and 1.206 V, a 250 GB Intel SSDPEKKF25 M.2 PCIe SSD, a 250GB Samsung 840 EVO SATA SSD, a 500 GB Samsung 860 EVO SATA SSD, a 1TB Western Digital Black HDD, a Corsair H110 AIO cooler with two red LED fans, four 120mm Corsair red LED fans, and a 850W Corsair RM850X PSU.
I originally purchased a Corsair RM850 PSU in 2014 but it failed in 2017 and was replaced with an RM850X via RMA. Now I’m wondering whether it’s wise to swap the power supplies before selling my old PC.
I intended to upgrade my previous system at some point, but never did. A 750W PSU should suffice. Although 750W may be adequate for my current setup, what if I plan to upgrade later? I’ve heard they intend to upgrade the 5090 to a 600W cooler, so it’s reasonable to think that future models will draw more power than the 4000-series. Since AMD also plans to support AM5 for some time, a CPU upgrade isn’t impossible either.
On the other hand, the 750W PSU was purchased just last year, so I should still be covered by warranty until 2028. However, if the warranty lapses during the RMA process, my coverage will end this year, and even then it would only last until 2027.
What advice would you give me?
it is challenging to find warranty details using standard setups, particularly older ones. any warranty linked to the prebuilt system would belong to the builder, not the component makers. unless each warranty has been personally transferred to your account and you have the purchase receipts, it will not be accepted.
From what i know is the RMx abit better mainly/partly because of capacitors used. See no harm in that swap.
Don't think that warranty must be the thought behind it. See answer above.
Don't know if all cables came with the Be Quiet psu where with the RMx you probably still have all if you ever needed something extra.
It was one of those spots where you build your own PCs, and as long as you keep the receipt, you can pretend to be someone else and say you moved. They say they offer a 3-year warranty, so I should definitely have that. But it's still a bit uncertain. Thanks for the reply.
that's not the process, whatever the seller said.
you need a real retail receipt or invoice from the store that bought each part to claim any warranty for it.
just saying someone built a system with that item isn't enough.
you'd probably have to send the whole package back and wait for them to replace the hardware.
it's hard to say how long these items were stored or if the warranties were ever used.
Yeah, I get it. I’ll only receive a warranty if I bring the whole PC in and have them attempt to fix it. If that occurs, shouldn’t I be fine if I changed the PSU?
Of course, I won’t get a warranty for the PSU since it wasn’t installed or purchased by them, but their warranty should still apply to the rest of the parts.
there's a good chance they will claim you voided any warranty by manipulating the hardware inside.
you should be troubleshooting this with the builder and go by what they recommend.
I'm not sure if that's even legal here in Europe, but if it is, I will replace the PSU with an identical used one, that I will buy from eBay before sending the PC in.
Ideally, nothing breaks in the warranty period (or after that) and I don't have to deal with it anyway.
But thanks for the info.
Edit: I checked the website of the builders and they say that you can upgrade your PC without voiding the warranty as long as you don't damage the PC during the upgrade, so I should be fine.
and if this change succeeds, they will evaluate it and reject your argument.
you may need to cover shipping costs and other charges for returning the device.