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I guess I don't need to I am just recapping the one side (for now) so I was going to try and keep it the same as the other one. Or am I over thinking it? I have no problem upping to 220 if I can find the right caps.
Theoretically, I'd expect the act of re-capping alone to make a bigger difference than 20uf. Keep in mind those old caps are probably out of spec, so the old caps on one side most likely won't compare to the new caps on the other side even if replacing with the save value.
If it were me I'd replace the old 200uf/10v, 15v's with 220uf 16v or 25v and do both sides straightaway. That's a very common value and you should have NO trouble getting the quality cap of your choice. Looks like you're dealing with polar electrolytics; in those values, I like Panasonic FR or FM, other people are big Nichicon fans, both are very good. Whatever your brand, I would pick a good, high-temp, low ESR cap with a decent service life rating and call it good.
I say if you're gonna do it, just get it done, and if you're ordering all the caps you need at once from the likes of Mouser/Digikey, you'll get substantial discounts at certain quantity points, so there's not much sense in only doing a little bit at a time--just getting a handful at a time will cost more in the long run. When ordering my console caps, it was a real hoot watching the total price go DOWN as I added more of a given value to the order as I kept hitting those quantity discounts!
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