Why is the EVGA B series roasted so much?

[thenastyjbenny]

So I bought the EVGA 700B to power my rig, but I see everyone on the forums in this section (Cases and PSUs) roasting it. One person said "why does this even exist". However, I'm not a PSU nerd if you will, so I don't know what's wrong with a 80+ bronze certified 700 watts of power. I didn't have a huge budget at the time so It's what I had to settle for.

 

Could someone educate me?

 

Thanks.

[tarfeef101]

2 minutes ago, JR8 said:

So I bought the EVGA 700B to power my rig, but I see everyone on the forums in this section (Cases and PSUs) roasting it. One person said "why does this even exist". However, I'm not a PSU nerd if you will, so I don't know what's wrong with a 80+ bronze certified 700 watts of power. I didn't have a huge budget at the time so It's what I had to settle for.

 

Could someone educate me?

 

Thanks.

Nothing is wrong with it (although it is overkill for most single-GPU systems). It just doesn't look that nice, and could perform better. It is perfectly adequate for budget systems, though.

[thenastyjbenny]

1 minute ago, tarfeef101 said:

Nothing is wrong with it (although it is overkill for most single-GPU systems). It just doesn't look that nice, and could perform better. It is perfectly adequate for budget systems, though.

Well i'm looking to upgrade to a R9 Fury so yeah. That thing is a power monster.

 

Thanks for the input.

[The Sloth]

• EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
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yup that's my power supply, it worked very well for me its just they are not the highest quality power supply.

also my system is an monster. 

[AlwaysFSX]

Because PSU snobs who think that units which aren't top of the line will set your computer on fire. It's just like audiophiles and their placebo quality.

 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[STRMfrmXMN]

4 minutes ago, JR8 said:

So I bought the EVGA 700B to power my rig, but I see everyone on the forums in this section (Cases and PSUs) roasting it. One person said "why does this even exist". However, I'm not a PSU nerd if you will, so I don't know what's wrong with a 80+ bronze certified 700 watts of power. I didn't have a huge budget at the time so It's what I had to settle for.

 

Could someone educate me?

 

Thanks.

The 700B makes literally zero sense. The 450B is the only PSU that should be considered from the lineup. It's built as well as the 600 and 700B (which is to say "ok") but is at a price point that makes sense and a wattage output that makes sense. No system that requires 700W should ever be powered by a 700B, it's a mediocre PSU and has a sleeve-bearing fan and does not make sense whatsoever. The 750B2 is a much better PSU for the job.

[Guest Kloaked]

I don't think it's a terrible PSU, I just don't think it's a good "700 watt" PSU. If you need a 700 watt PSU I wouldn't cheap out on it - 80+ Gold would be better.

[Guest Kloaked]

Just now, AlwaysFSX said:

Because PSU snobs who think that units which aren't top of the line will set your computer on fire. It's just like audiophiles and their placebo quality.

 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Let me stop you right there. My Headphone Optimized Transducer increases the audio quality of my Audeze LCD-4 tenfold.

[Guest]

To make it short:

if your system uses 700W, you probably should buy a PSU better suited for the job.

Also, the value is pretty terrible, you can get a 750B2 for not much more and it performs much better and is also semi-modular.

 

With the evga B3 around the corner, they will feature great performance, excellent build quality (OEM is superflower), full-modularity at a surprisingly low price.

 

Oh, and it has a sleeve-bearing fan, classic!

[Aniallation]

Cause 700B is not that big of a difference in price compared to the 750B2 but the B2 is MUCH better quality wise.