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So im confused as to what the difference is  between the g2 and g3 power supplies besides the size. Why is the g3 like 20 bucks cheaper?

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its two generations of PSUs from EVGA. G2 used to be their best mid-high offering and now that series has changed into the G3 line which has diffrent internals and is slightly better i think. either way both are great, i run a Supernova G2 650W and have been with it through 3 years or so and i have spilled coolant on it several times and its still perfect :) 

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3 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

its two generations of PSUs from EVGA. G2 used to be their best mid-high offering and now that series has changed into the G3 line which has diffrent internals and is slightly better i think. either way both are great, i run a Supernova G2 650W and have been with it through 3 years or so and i have spilled coolant on it several times and its still perfect :) 

If G3 is better then why is it cheaper and in tier 2 on the psu tier list compared to g2 which is more expensive and tier 1

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13 minutes ago, OreoPandas said:

If G3 is better then why is it cheaper and in tier 2 on the psu tier list compared to g2 which is more expensive and tier 1

1. Tier 2 is still really good and close enough to tier 1.

2. They cheaped out and some parts of the PSU to make it cheaper to the end user.

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18 minutes ago, OreoPandas said:

If G3 is better then why is it cheaper and in tier 2 on the psu tier list compared to g2 which is more expensive and tier 1

Exactly!

It seems G2 is better even though G3 was released later.

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26 minutes ago, MrShinny said:

1. Tier 2 is still really good and close enough to tier 1.

2. They cheaped out and some parts of the PSU to make it cheaper to the end user.

So I should go with g3?

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1 minute ago, OreoPandas said:

So I should go with g3?

That would be best yeah, but what is your budget for the PSU?

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The G3 is louder and is known to have issues with its protections. It does however perform better, it's among the best performing PSUs on the market.

It's very rare that either is good value, due to their noise, which you will most definitely notice. 

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1 hour ago, OreoPandas said:

If G3 is better then why is it cheaper and in tier 2 on the psu tier list compared to g2 which is more expensive and tier 1

G2 isnt made anymore im pretty sure. stuff that isnt made anymore tends to go up in price after a bit

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2 hours ago, MrShinny said:

That would be best yeah, but what is your budget for the PSU?

Just have a budget for the whole PC not for the psu :P

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1 hour ago, seon123 said:

The G3 is louder and is known to have issues with its protections. It does however perform better, it's among the best performing PSUs on the market.

It's very rare that either is good value, due to their noise, which you will most definitely notice. 

So which should I get? Will the issues with protection ruin the pc?

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1 minute ago, OreoPandas said:

So which should I get? Will the issues with protection ruin the pc?

Depending on what you're powering and what the budget and availability is, I'll recommend the Straight Power 11 (not the 650W), Whisper M, RMx 2018, RMx or Formula. 

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1 hour ago, seon123 said:

The G3 is louder and is known to have issues with its protections. It does however perform better, it's among the best performing PSUs on the market.

It's very rare that either is good value, due to their noise, which you will most definitely notice. 

I have the G2, it's damn near silent.  I certainly can't hear it.

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8 minutes ago, OreoPandas said:

So which should I get? Will the issues with protection ruin the pc?

Just get the G2, or this range of other options: RMx, Straight Power 11, Whisper M, Formula Gold, G1+, GQ, TXM and Focus Gold/Focus Plus Gold.

 

G3 is extra loud and has protections issues. 

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1 hour ago, JoostinOnline said:

I have the G2, it's damn near silent.  I certainly can't hear it.

Looked up the G2 on Techpowerup, it actually seems to not be terrible. Much better than the G3. 

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2 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Looked up the G2 on Techpowerup, it actually seems to not be terrible. Much better than the G3. 

It costs more though I'm pretty sure.

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1 hour ago, seon123 said:

Looked up the G2 on Techpowerup, it actually seems to not be terrible. Much better than the G3. 

Mwell, some G2 models break the ATX specification on hold-up time and PWR_OK.

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Just now, Sakkura said:

Mwell, some G2 models break the ATX specification on hold-up time and PWR_OK.

Just looked at it in terms of noise. 

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2 hours ago, MrShinny said:

It costs more though I'm pretty sure.

Only due to sales on the G3

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12 hours ago, seon123 said:

The G3 is louder and is known to have issues with its protections. It does however perform better, it's among the best performing PSUs on the market.

It's very rare that either is good value, due to their noise, which you will most definitely notice. 

People always say this but I swear you cannot hear the fan in the G2 over the sound of literally any other component in a PC, especially given the size of the fan in the G2.

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