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EVGA SuperNOVA 220 G3 0850 X1 850 G3 80 Plus Gold 850W Fully Modular Eco Mode with New HDB Fan 10 Year Warranty Includes Power ON Self Tester Compact 150mm Size Power Supply

Last Updated: September 29, 2022 (Refresh Now)
8.1
SCORE
/10
Total Reviews
999
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86
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Review Analysis - 844 recent, verified reviews

Detailed Mode
Cable
 151
modular, psu, power supply, cable management, sata
+81%
-19%
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" ...  has connectors for every thing i use.  ...  "
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" ...  The nylon coated cables are a plus and very strong and durable. ... Lots of cord options come with it that are very easy to install.  ...  "
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" ...  I love the modular cables it comes with, they are so nice.  ...  "
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" ...  It’s quiet, it provides sufficient power to my system, and the fact that it’s modular makes cable management so much easier.  ...  "
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" ...  The modularity makes wire management so much easier.  ...  "
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" ...  I would add though that the cables are very nice. ... Many cables are even EVGA branded (as shown in my pics)  ...  "
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" ...  The cables all came neatly included, and they are very clean looking and feel quite sturdy.  ...  "
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" ...  The cables are pretty stiff and that is both good durability wise and frustrating installation-wise. ... That said, the modular aspect of this made it less painful overall as I only needed to pick out the cables I needed. ... Am I using the cables provided? ... Are my cables and connections secure?  ...  "
Performance
 114
evga, gpu, cpu, ryzen, i7
+89%
-11%
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" ...  It is working smooth and no issues.  ...  "
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" ...  This is my second EVGA PSU.  ...  "
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" ...  Been using EVGA PSU for years.  ...  "
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" ...  System: EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra , Ryzen 9 5090x, x570 ASRock Taichi, 2 x m.2 NVMe SSD's, 1 x HDD, and a bunch of things plugged into USB.  ...  "
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" ...  I swapped out my EVGA 750w PSU with this one when I bought my new GPU. ... Luckily, it did not surge the MB or GPU.  ...  "
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" ...  I've been running this PSU with an AMD 5600x/3070 OC system for almost a year, and my 750 GT has been rock solid.  ...  "
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" ...  Worked great for a 10100F+GTX970 but I did have it running an EVGA FTW3 3080 10GB+10100F just to see if it could .  ...  "
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" ...  The fan is very quiet while running at 80% capacity.  ...  "
Usage
 108
easy, running, quiet, installation, install
+91%
-9%
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" ...  Easy to setup ,simple configuration.  ...  "
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" ...  The item is easy to install, and is very quiet.  ...  "
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" ...  Setup was easy.  ...  "
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" ...  Install was easy and the modular cabling made it so it didn't have a bunch of unused cables to hide.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to instal while getting everything I needed, I would gladly use this again in another build in the future  ...  "
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" ...  Not installed yet, very good deal!!  ...  "
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" ...  The PSU was very easy to install.  ...  "
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" ...  Can adapt this to any possible setup!  ...  "
Sound
 99
noise, psu, fan, loud, power supply
+65%
-35%
comment
" ...  Seemed to power everything just fine and was quiet.  ...  "
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" ...  It has great power and almost no noise what so ever.  ...  "
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" ...  It was very easy to install for a first time builder, and overall noise level is very low.  ...  "
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" ...  Quiet, compact, modular, gold rated @ 1000 watts.  ...  "
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" ...  This PSU is working as intended and very quiet.  ...  "
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" ...  You can hardly hear the psu running and it was very easy for me to upgrade from my old 650w psu to this.  ...  "
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" ...  Noise level is about equal to the TT, noticeable but very quiet.  ...  "
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" ...  It is silent when running under normal operation, which is great too.  ...  "
Reliability
 95
months, power supply, faulty, evga, whine
+54%
-46%
comment
" ...  Been using this PSU for 10 months now and its been reliable no issues.  ...  "
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" ...  My third EVGA product I've used in the last 4 years.  ...  "
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" ...  No problems since switching out that unit for this one.  ...  "
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" ...  I have no issues.  ...  "
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" ...  Bought 2 of the G5's and a P2 in the last 2 years and they all perform as expected.  ...  "
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" ...  Definitely will last a lifetime if used properly.  ...  "
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" ...  I've been using this product for a few months now and it's been very nice.  ...  "
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" ...  Has been running for 3 years with zero drama.  ...  "
Power
 72
supply, evga, great power supply, supplies, modular
+79%
-21%
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" ...  Totally recommend this power supply  ...  "
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" ...  Standard modular power supply from EVGA.  ...  "
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" ...  Very nice power supply.  ...  "
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" ...  After installing, I eagerly switched the power on .  ...  "
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" ...  The power supply has been great for me.  ...  "
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" ...  This power supply is amazing!  ...  "
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" ...  EVGA power supplies seem to be my go to supplies.  ...  "
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" ...  This is my first time to buy and use an evga power supply.  ...  "
Body
 69
build, modular, cables, gold, space
+84%
-16%
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" ...  I have 5 of these 1000w gold super nova’s.  ...  "
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" ...  EVGAPSU's are definitely durable.  ...  "
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" ...  This PSU is top notch for sure.  ...  "
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" ...  Very compact, fully modular, clean and discrete appearance, and extremely reliabel.  ...  "
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" ...  The build quality on this PSU is very good, and the modularity made it a breeze to install in my case that had a limited amount of space for extra cabling.  ...  "
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" ...  It is extremely reliable and has quality parts.  ...  "
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" ...  Used in my first build.  ...  "
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" ...  Connectors were easy to use well labeled.  ...  "
Connectivity
 68
pc, cables, computer, psu, power supply
+54%
-46%
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" ...  Came with so many SATA cables.  ...  "
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" ...  Comes with plenty of cables for multiple GPUs, blade-style power connectors for SATA drives, and even a bunch of the old 4-pin power if you're still running IDE drives.  ...  "
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" ...  I custom build my computers.  ...  "
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" ...  New life for an old desktop.  ...  "
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" ...  I already had a G2 version in my other pc.  ...  "
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" ...  Plenty of power and good size with full selection of ports and cables.  ...  "
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" ...  What I like the most is how simple they make the connections, matching the cables from psu to pc, without having to use weird manufacturer adapters or cable endings at the psu end.  ...  "
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" ...  It also comes with flat cables, and 4 modular VGA cables for newer GPU power connections.  ...  "
Marketplace
 61
return, returned, shipping, replacement, rma
+39%
-61%
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" ...  Maybe the unit was faulty?  ...  "
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" ...  I gladly returned this item.  ...  "
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" ...  The unit I received was defective.  ...  "
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" ...  Don’t buy it I got it and it didn’t even work had to send it back and try another one  ...  "
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" ...  Just a dud from the factory. ... It took me to long to get it installed so I missed the return window.  ...  "
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" ...  I purchased this from Amazon in FEB 2020. ... They never gave me the ticket # to submit the RMA request. ... they did not specify a monetary reimbursement.  ...  "
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" ...  -1 star for destruction of box  ...  "
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" ...  Needless to say I returned it and hope you guys don't make the same mistake I did.  ...  "
Price
 40
worth, money, think, value for money, sale
+93%
-8%
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" ...  I think this is one of the best PSUs for this price.  ...  "
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" ...  The prices have gone up since feb 2020.  ...  "
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" ...  It was a great buy for the price!  ...  "
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" ...  in love worth it every penny  ...  "
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" ...  Good deal for price.  ...  "
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" ...  Got one for $60.00.  ...  "
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" ...  Bought it for a good discount about 80 dollars and worth every buck since it have Gold certificate  ...  "
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" ...  So far great replacement for a reasonable price.  ...  "
Features
 34
psu, fan, spin, quiet, eco
+71%
-29%
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" ...  It’s modular, has safety functions in case of over voltage and has a good rating  ...  "
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" ...  The LED light in the back gives the unit some character.  ...  "
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" ...  The noise level is very quiet even under extreme load, the eco mode is nice also.  ...  "
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" ...  It’s even tripped the overcurrent protection a few times, so I can confirm that safety feature works.  ...  "
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" ...  This product has an auto ECO mode that will only toggle the fan to spin when the PSU is getting warm.  ...  "
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" ...  Works great and i have no complaints, Will say that you should definitely use eco mode to save power and the fan.  ...  "
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" ...  No coil whine, runs quiet, I do not use ECO mode.  ...  "
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" ...  It has an eco mode where the fan only comes on in certain situations making it a quiet power supply.  ...  "
Gaming
 33
games, gaming pc, psu, power supply, rig
+85%
-15%
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" ...  Ran some stress tests and played Halo Infinite for a couple of hours with no issues.  ...  "
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" ...  This power supply unit is great and is super quiet, gives my tower plenty of power for all my gaming.  ...  "
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" ...  850W is enough for a high-end gaming system. ... Typical load on my machine is around 600W while gaming, but it is nice to have some extra room in case I want to upgrade the GPU or add other parts.  ...  "
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" ...  Original PSU that came with system always crashed with certain games and under load. ... All the games that crashed now run flawlessly regardless of load.  ...  "
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" ...  I built this to someone whos gonna need it for school and Roblox, or even Minecraft.  ...  "
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" ...  It provides the high fidelity gaming I sought after I did a reverse C-Section for the 3090ti into my rig.  ...  "
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" ...  Installed and first boot up fried my $10,000 gaming pc!  ...  "
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" ...  No problem playing racing games like Forza.  ...  "
Marketplace / Returns
 27
returned, replacement, rma, amazon, try
+15%
-85%
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" ...  Returned for a different product.  ...  "
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" ...  Returning this to Amazon.  ...  "
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" ...  The company is garbage.  ...  "
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" ...  Have to wait over a week for replacement.  ...  "
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" ...  They never gave me the ticket # to submit the RMA request. ... they did not specify a monetary reimbursement.  ...  "
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" ...  I'll return.  ...  "
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" ...  Returned for refund.  ...  "
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" ...  But (Amazon) would not let me return it to them, for a replacement. ... And we are still waiting on the replacement part to be returned to us. ... I had to pay the shipping for the return.  ...  "
Marketplace / Marketplace
 27
shipping, described, works, return, replacement
+63%
-37%
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" ...  Works as described  ...  "
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" ...  Works as advertised  ...  "
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" ...  Product works as described and as expected.  ...  "
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" ...  I know Amazon is great with returns so I expect to have the replacement soon. ... I filed for a replacement with Amazon late Thursday night, they shipped it on Friday, and it arrived on Saturday.  ...  "
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" ...  I ordered this and it came very promptly.  ...  "
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" ...  Item as described.  ...  "
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" ...  Just as described.  ...  "
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" ...  Thank you so much Amazon  ...  "
Size
 22
power supply, fits, small, smaller, modular
+82%
-18%
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" ...  This is a great PSU, comes with lots of cables and fits snugly into my Corsair 220T Airflow case despite the extremely tight squeeze.  ...  "
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" ...  Plenty of additional cables in the box to fit all your needs, as well as a nifty bag to hold them.  ...  "
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" ...  Powerful, quiet, and fits nicely in my chassis  ...  "
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" ...  Small size, but powerful  ...  "
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" ...  Compact space saving one thousand watts, smaller than my 850g2!  ...  "
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" ...  Fit my pc perfect  ...  "
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" ...  Fits good and the cables were just the right length for large rigs.  ...  "
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" ...  Just adding mine to mention that it is just the right size to fit in the HP Omen 30L case. ... Honestly holding just fine.  ...  "
Design
 20
nice, design, look, fully modular, sleek
+100%
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" ...  It's good, quiet and looks nice.  ...  "
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" ...  a small detail, but very appreciated.  ...  "
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" ...  The fully modular design is what i wanted and love it!  ...  "
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" ...  But it looks kinda cool so it has visual value.  ...  "
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" ...  Nice look to it and fully modular which is always a plus  ...  "
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" ...  The blue/green fan cover is beautiful, it's a MUST HAVE for anyone who has a case that will show it off.  ...  "
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" ...   It's got a pretty cool design and came in a really nice package.  ...  "
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" ...  Looks nice, just didn’t power on. ... 2 stars since it looks nice.  ...  "
Cooling
 13
fan, liquid, hot, cooling loop, cooler
+92%
-8%
comment
" ...  It get speeding the cooling fan up and down.  ...  "
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" ...  I have a 1080Ti, 16GB, 5 drives an rgb mobo and dual fan liquid cooled pu cooler and 4 fans.  ...  "
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" ...  Arctic Liquid Freezer II AIO cooler  ...  "
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" ...  Lonoise high cooling output  ...  "
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" ...  Silent operation, fast start-up, and runs nice and cool.  ...  "
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" ...  Keep your system clean with good cooling and they run amazing for many years  ...  "
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" ...  The only fan noise I hear right now is my cooling fan which is about ready to give up the ghost.  ...  "
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" ...  It will spin if things are getting to hot and needs a cooling solution.  ...  "
Cleaning
 13
dust, modular, looks, quiet, installation
+100%
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" ...  Great for a clean look on GPUs that only require 8 pins.  ...  "
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" ...  Very compact, fully modular, clean and discrete appearance, and extremely reliabel.  ...  "
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" ...  Does the job, it’s fully-modular, clean and reliable power.  ...  "
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" ...  Otherwise the unit is dead silent even when not in eco mode and the flat cabling is awesome and looks clean.  ...  "
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" ...  Its quiet, its clean, cool, and delivers power.  ...  "
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" ...  Not a big deal because it is easily peeled off, but this unit has a very clean black and white branding sticker.  ...  "
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" ...  Super neat and clean installation.  ...  "
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" ...  The wires and everything still had that new electronics smell and it was immaculately clean, not a single speck of dust or anything.  ...  "
Storage
 11
drive, drives, 16gb, sata, oc
+45%
-55%
comment
" ...  because my backup drive just got fried.  ...  "
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" ...  When I installed my new mobo, cpu, and ram, it refused to power on.  ...  "
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" ...  It was faulty and fried my hard drives.  ...  "
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" ...  Spoke with rep, he asked me to email photos of the damaged power supply and the damaged hard drive. ... The cost of the drive is not the primary concern .  ...  "
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" ...  Ran into a minor issue with my shucked Western Digital 14 TB drive.  ...  "
Marketplace / Delivery
 9
shipping, dead on arrival, amazon, received, delivery
+44%
-56%
comment
" ...  -1 star for destruction of box  ...  "
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" ...  Not open and repackaged in a Amazon box.  ...  "
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" ...  Dead on arrival.  ...  "
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" ...  I can only judge this product on the fact that I received it "dead-on-arrival".  ...  "
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" ...  But it was dead on arrival.  ...  "
Marketplace / Product As Described
 7
works, product
+86%
-14%
comment
" ...  Just as described.  ...  "
comment
" ...  Works as described  ...  "
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" ...  Product works as described and as expected.  ...  "
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" ...  Works as advertised  ...  "
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" ...  on time and as described  ...  "
comment
" ...  Item as described.  ...  "
Marketplace / Defective Delivery
 7
defective, damaged, arrival, faulty
-100%
comment
" ...  Maybe the unit was faulty?  ...  "
comment
" ...  Thing was DOA.  ...  "
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" ...  The unit I received was defective.  ...  "
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" ...  Defective on arrival.  ...  "
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" ...  I wouldn’t put this in my pc part of the top is cracked when I opened the box, I wouldn’t trust using it  ...  "
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" ...  Damaged on arrival and does not power on.  ...  "
Software
 6
server, que, os, la, installing
+33%
-67%
comment
" ...  Odd, but I figured it must be some software quirk.  ...  "
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" ...  Vuelvo casi 3 años despues para decir que mi fuene acaba de morir de la noche a la mañana la pc estuvo presentandome kernel power error 41(66) ... Y el error se soluciono. ... Contacte a evga aver si sirve la gatantia de 10 años esa que tanto ofrecen.  ...  "
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" ...  After checking the Bios settings none of my SSDs were being read.  ...  "
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" ...  I had to do a google search to see the manual which was inconvenient.  ...  "
Comfort
 6
hands, feels, pain, psu
+50%
-50%
comment
" ...  Pain in the, you know what, pick your spot.  ...  "
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" ...  I am incredibly disappointed with this thing and it will be a huge pain in the ass to return from my country, I'm sure.  ...  "
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" ...  This thing will not jumpstart at all I’ve blistered my hands just trying reapeatedly not worth the time and effort all ready replace it because I thought it was defective but nope it’s just the psu itself this eco friendly stuff terrible psu.  ...  "
Battery
 6
phone, pc, works, cables, 10
+67%
-33%
comment
" ...  I have a 1995 mustang and I bought this to charge the car and it works grate 10/10 also works good for computers  ...  "
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" ...  Considering some companies such as HP who charges 5 times more for a 400W power supply, this one is a bargain.  ...  "
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" ...  Love how it comes with a power surge backup battery just Incase I need to shut off safely!  ...  "
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" ...  No problems charging phone and having several USB accessories.  ...  "
Programs
 5
quiet, even, using, noise level, disable
+80%
-20%
comment
" ...  Completely silent whether in eco mode or not.  ...  "
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" ...  The noise level is very quiet even under extreme load, the eco mode is nice also.  ...  "
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" ...  I'm keeping the eco mode enabled.  ...  "
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" ...  It's quiet, even on eco mode.  ...  "
Marketplace / Packing
 5
+80%
-20%
comment
" ...  Fast shipping and secure packaging.  ...  "
comment
" ...  The packaging was better than I expected.  ...  "
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" ...  Packaging was excellent and this thing is smaller than my old Corssair Hi750.  ...  "
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" ...  Very nice packaging.  ...  "
Lagging
 4
+50%
-50%
comment
" ...  The breaker flipped after a few seconds.  ...  "
comment
" ...  My PC randomly shuts off during start up(first 10 seconds) once a while.  ...  "
Display
 4
bios, really, monitors, monitor, gaming
+50%
-50%
comment
" ...  I will try and get a new front panel PCB and connectors from beQuiet!  ...  "
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" ...  The only issue I have is that it causes random black screen restarts with my RTX 3070.  ...  "
Battery / Charging
 4
phone, pc, works, cables, 10
+75%
-25%
comment
" ...  I have a 1995 mustang and I bought this to charge the car and it works grate 10/10 also works good for computers  ...  "
comment
" ...  Considering some companies such as HP who charges 5 times more for a 400W power supply, this one is a bargain.  ...  "
comment
" ...  No problems charging phone and having several USB accessories.  ...  "
Calling
 3
phone, wait, third, hear, would
-100%
comment
" ...  Next = telephone: First call, recording says wait time is thirty minutes to speak with someone. ... (hung up) Second call only 15 minute wait. ... (insert exasperated sigh) ok, after the third phone call service was what you would expect.  ...  "
comment
" ...  Like I can hear it over my headset bad.  ...  "
comment
" ...  Died in less than 8 months, phone number to call in for warranty is dead and disconnects after ringing at 1pm on a Friday.  ...  "

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