how should my PSU be holding up after 2 years? capacitor aging?

[LOUISSSSS]

supposedly this was a pretty good psu about 2 years ago

i am still using it to power my rig below but am afraid of it aging and not being able to give me a good OC on CPU/VIDEO

it is mounted on the bottom of my LL case sucking in a good amt of dust from a carpet floor... i have cleaned it once, but dont have the time to remove it and clean that often.

what do u guys think the current continuous output rating should be? (max 600watts 4 x 12v)

 

[mpilchfamily]

Worse case senerio and its just a couple of amps shy of its original output. But thats considering 24/7 use over the past 2 years. But thats pretty much a guess. Its hard to say what the impact of the past 2 years of use has been on the unit without putting it threw a load tester and seeing how it handles various loads.

 

[WT]

I have the same PSU, and consider it on of the best PSU's for its price. I have the e6600 and AC Freezer Pro 7, similar to your setup and, if Speedfan is a reliable voltage barometer, its reading 12.34v on the +12 line, so keep your eye on that and hope for the best.
Now if you'd have said you have a Powmax or a Sparkle running that rig, I'd recommend you chuck that in a hurry !

I'm using an 8800GTS ACS card, but kicking around the idea of going SLI'd 8800GTs .. be interesting to see how the Epsilon does with that.

 

[Modelworks]

Capacitors age, but two years isn't a long time at all.
If your not overheating the psu it should last quite a few more years.

I have supplies here that were made 15 years ago that still work fine.