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Elonn
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G2

Desktop specs:

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB Gigabyte B550M DS3H mATX

Asrock Challenger Pro OC Radeon RX 6700 XT Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (8Gx2) 3600MHz CL18 Kingston NV2 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD

Montech Century 850W Gold Tecware Nexus Air (Black) ATX Mid Tower

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The differences between these PSUs goes far beyond the Efficiency rating, the G2 is an absurdly superior product in built in quality and safety features and will be the one recommended by every one in here.

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You're buying pretty high end PC parts and then want to skimp in buying older design low end PSU?

Good PSU can easily outlive two graphics cards if you want to keep playing at higher end graphics settings!

 

Check prices for Seasonic Focus Plus Gold.

At least in Europe that's very well priced.

(Antec Earthwatts Gold Pro is semi-modular rebranding of it)

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1 hour ago, Elonn said:

Im not sure which one should I get, between EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 80+ GOLD 550W and EVGA  B3, 80+ BRONZE 550W.

The price difference is quite high is it worth paying for G2 what exactly are the differences. 

Pc specs: i5 8600k , gtx 1070 ti or 1080, 16gb ddr4

G2, don't cheap out on PSU's, such a critical part.

G2 is a good PSU

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CPU: Intel I5-7660K; CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212X; Thermal Paste: IC Diamond 7 Carat; Motherboard: MSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon;

RAM: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8gb) DDR4 - 2400; SSD Storage: 1TB Samsung 850 EVO; Storage: 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm;

GPU: Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1070 8gb G1 Gaming; Case: NZXT Phantom 530 Black; PSU: EVGA Supernova G2 650W 80+ Gold, OS: Windows 10 Home

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3 hours ago, Elonn said:

Im not sure which one should I get, between EVGA SuperNOVA G2, 80+ GOLD 550W and EVGA  B3, 80+ BRONZE 550W.

The price difference is quite high is it worth paying for G2 what exactly are the differences. 

Pc specs: i5 8600k , gtx 1070 ti or 1080, 16gb ddr4

Between the two, the G2 is far better.

 

Where are you located and what is your budget?  There may be better options.

 

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On 2018-06-01 at 9:42 AM, simberdavid said:

why not go with the g3?

The G3 is louder and some units fail OTP and OPP tests

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20 hours ago, JDE said:

The G3 is louder and some units fail OTP and OPP tests

I have the G3 850w 80+Gold...im having issues with it not powering on. And it randomly loses power. I bought it new, and it started doing this back in Jan of this year. Not sure what to do. 

 

Edit: What are "OTP and OPP tests"? How can I test it? 

 

Specs: Gigabyte Ga-Z87X-HD3, i7 4770k, EVGA GeForce gtx1080 Classified, 32gb ram. 

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59 minutes ago, BourbonCowboy said:

I have the G3 850w 80+Gold...im having issues with it not powering on. And it randomly loses power. I bought it new, and it started doing this back in Jan of this year. Not sure what to do. 

 

Edit: What are "OTP and OPP tests"? How can I test it? 

 

Specs: Gigabyte Ga-Z87X-HD3, i7 4770k, EVGA GeForce gtx1080 Classified, 32gb ram. 

You need special equitment. OTP is the protection, making sure the PSU doesn't overheat. OPP makes sure the power supply shuts down when overloaded. The 1000W failed that, which means if it goes over kaboom

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Delta (Laptop) | Galaxy S21 Ultra | Pacific Spirit XT (Server)

Full Specs

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Helios EVO (Main):

Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V / Team T-Force DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | MSI GAMING X GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W | MasterLiquid ML240L | 2x 2TB HDD | 256GB SX6000 Pro SSD | 3x Corsair SP120 RGB | Fractal Design Venturi HF-14

 

Pacific Spirit XT - Server

Intel Core™ i7-8700K (Won at LTX, signed by Dennis) | GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 | 16GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3000 | Intel UrfpsgonHD 630 | Define C TG | Corsair CX450M

 

Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

Intel is bringing DDR4 to the mainstream with the Intel® Core™ i5 6600K and i7 6700K processors. Learn more by clicking the link in the description below.

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1 hour ago, JDE said:

You need special equitment. OTP is the protection, making sure the PSU doesn't overheat. OPP makes sure the power supply shuts down when overloaded. The 1000W failed that, which means if it goes over kaboom

Yeah after posting this I found an article on Tom-hardware about it. (https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/power-supplies-101,4193-21.html) I believe mine is either OTP or SCP failing. I read somewhere that you can test it with a multi-meter and a paper clip.

 

I finally got it to run after letting it sit for a couple of hours, then it shuts loses power after about 5-10min and tries to reboot, and fails (most of the time). After it fails I have to hold the power button until the I hear the  PSU click, then power back on... Right now it's coming back on and I'm trying to get some log files with Aida64 and event viewer before it does it again. I don't understand.... It's been running great for the last month or so. Then Iast night I  forget to shut it down or put it to sleep and now it's back.  

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