don't count on it, sadly the capacitors age and fail even in storage, though more slowly. while most will work initially, you'll likely find that many do not last long after several decades of storage. of course other things like cracked solder joints also creep in during storage, particularly if moved about or if the temperature varies. chips and transistors can fail as well. none the less, i must admit to hoarding power supplies myself, they are worth keeping for some time at least, and worst case the fans are usually still good. besides, they don't do any good at all in the landfill (well, until we start mining land fills, which i fully expect to see in my lifetime).
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