EVGA Power Supplies

[MatteAMG]

Hey guys, been planning on getting a EVGA NEX650G Gold power supply, seems like a good PSU and at a nice price. My only concern is that I plan on getting the MSI Z87 GD-65 Gaming motherboard and from some reviews there is a few owners who have faced some issues with this power supply and certain MSI and Gigabyte motherboards. I am just asking if any PSU expert or anyone who specifically own both products that can reveal any information to me wether these issues are true or just unlucky customers. I appreciate any help.

 

[Anas Bashar]

what is your GPU? have one card or two? this PSU have two rails of +12V@20A.
for gaming PCs, a PSU with a huge single +12V rail is way much better, if not the only option.
and regarding the manufacturer, getting it from a well known PSU manufacturer is always better, like seasonic for example.

 

[MatteAMG]

what is your GPU? have one card or two? this PSU have two rails of +12V@20A.
for gaming PCs, a PSU with a huge single +12V rail is way much better, if not the only option.
and regarding the manufacturer, getting it from a well known PSU manufacturer is always better, like seasonic for example.

I have the MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB. I specifically want a PSU that is modular and that will be able to support my build even if down the road I plan on getting another 760 to SLI. Is there anything you would recommend that is fully modular and will support this list:

CPU- Intel i5-4670k
RAM- G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600
GPU- MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB ( with possibility of SLI)
CPU COOLER- Corsair H80i

A PSU calculator I used estimated 380W (One card) and 550W (2-way SLI) I would think 600-700W PSU is sufficient. Could I be wrong?

 

[hunter315]

what is your GPU? have one card or two? this PSU have two rails of +12V@20A.
for gaming PCs, a PSU with a huge single +12V rail is way much better, if not the only option.
and regarding the manufacturer, getting it from a well known PSU manufacturer is always better, like seasonic for example.

Nope, not true at all, not one bit. I wrote up a long post about this a couple years back, give it a read, you are quoting a lie that has been pushed out by the PSU manufacturers who make single rail units because its easier/cheaper(no multiple OCP). Trying to stop misinformation whereever it may arise.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/306437-28-single-rail-multiple-rails-eternal-question-answered



As for the question at hand, can you provide a link to where people are saying they had issues with MSI/Gigabyte boards with that PSU? The PSU can't tell what kind of board it is, and if it is complying with ATX spec it should work with all boards without issue. You can easily run two GTX 760s on a 650W PSU even with some OCing so im not worried about the capacity of that unit, it's series hasn't been reviewed yet so we don't know much about its capabilities but it seems to come with all the bells and whistles and a 10 year warranty which is surprisingly long so I'm not concerned about PSU quality.

Though I am still rather curious about what specific issues MSI and Gigabyte users were having, it may just be a couple bad units happen to land with non-EVGA boards and those people just made a louder fuss about it but im still intrigued.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You shouldn't encounter any issues with that PSU , it's a solid model built by FSP..

 

[MatteAMG]

what is your GPU? have one card or two? this PSU have two rails of +12V@20A.
for gaming PCs, a PSU with a huge single +12V rail is way much better, if not the only option.
and regarding the manufacturer, getting it from a well known PSU manufacturer is always better, like seasonic for example.

Nope, not true at all, not one bit. I wrote up a long post about this a couple years back, give it a read, you are quoting a lie that has been pushed out by the PSU manufacturers who make single rail units because its easier/cheaper(no multiple OCP). Trying to stop misinformation whereever it may arise.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/306437-28-single-rail-multiple-rails-eternal-question-answered



As for the question at hand, can you provide a link to where people are saying they had issues with MSI/Gigabyte boards with that PSU? The PSU can't tell what kind of board it is, and if it is complying with ATX spec it should work with all boards without issue. You can easily run two GTX 760s on a 650W PSU even with some OCing so im not worried about the capacity of that unit, it's series hasn't been reviewed yet so we don't know much about its capabilities but it seems to come with all the bells and whistles and a 10 year warranty which is surprisingly long so I'm not concerned about PSU quality.

Though I am still rather curious about what specific issues MSI and Gigabyte users were having, it may just be a couple bad units happen to land with non-EVGA boards and those people just made a louder fuss about it but im still intrigued.

I saw the reviews on Newegg by customers who bought the EVGA 650. I only ask because I do not want any issues. Now that I think about it though it makes sense that the PSU can differentiate between brands of motherboards. Thank you very much for this clear up actually. Really appreciate it and I will also have a look at that article you said you wrote. Thank you SR-71 Blackbird also for your response.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Glad to assist , thanks for posting on the forum.

 

[Anas Bashar]

what is your GPU? have one card or two? this PSU have two rails of +12V@20A.
for gaming PCs, a PSU with a huge single +12V rail is way much better, if not the only option.
and regarding the manufacturer, getting it from a well known PSU manufacturer is always better, like seasonic for example.

Nope, not true at all, not one bit. I wrote up a long post about this a couple years back, give it a read, you are quoting a lie that has been pushed out by the PSU manufacturers who make single rail units because its easier/cheaper(no multiple OCP). Trying to stop misinformation whereever it may arise.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/306437-28-single-rail-multiple-rails-eternal-question-answered

i just read your thread... and i was surprised to see how much such misleading info is spread worldwide, even by well known PSU manufacturers.
this misleading info implied that the current limits on an individual rail is very tight.
thanks a lot.