The decade when you ignored your games The PC power supply ran out

In my gaming PC, I never consider the power supply. It’s an 850W silencer! Straight Power that I’ve had for years and used in a variety of builds.

Like other PC builders, I planned to replace it when it reached the end of its useful life, which means I still have a few years before that becomes an issue. That is, with my current hardware.

We’re on the verge of seeing AMD and Nvidia’s next generation of GPUs, and all signs point to their drawing more power than ever before. As benign as the greatest PC power supplies are, when next-gen GPUs arrive, supply and costs are likely to fall, especially if a large number of builders need to upgrade. It’s been easy to ignore your power supply for the better part of a decade, but that time is coming to an end.

For around a decade, a 750W power supply has been more than enough for even the highest-end gaming PCs. Nvidia’s GTX 690, which launched around 10 years ago, topped out at 300W, and Intel’s highest-end Sandy Bridge-E chip went up to 130W. Since then, power demands have stayed relatively stable, and in many cases, have gone down.

So, if you bought a 750W power supply with a 10-year warranty (Seasonic, Corsair, and EVGA, among others, offer 10-year warranties on many PSUs) a decade ago, there hasn’t been a reason to upgrade. That’s changing. Nvidia, AMD, and Intel are pushing power ranges to highs we’ve never seen before.

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