Supernova G2 1000w quality?

[ShadowSlayer]

Hi all, recently finished my rig with my GTX 970 from MSI. I fired her up after throwing god knows how many mods on my Skyrim and the coil whine was INSANE. I thought i was the card but it seems to be the PSU (Corsair CX750M). So, I am off to buy a new PSU along with some nice sleeved cables. I plan to get the EVGA Supernova G2 1000w for my system, 1000w is very overkill but will give me a lot of headroom if I even want to use SLI or add loads of stuff to my build. I was wondering what the quality on this system was like and weather it is known to have bad coil whine or not?

 

[TheMagicalWallaby]

The EVGA G2 Supernova is a great PSU and is recommended often here.

It is ranks in Tier 1 on Tomshardware PSU list. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It's the one of best 1000w Gold Certifieds on the market.

Summary from jonnyguru.

Summary

EVGA's second ever submission to this site just happens to be absolutely fantastic. The Supernova G2 1000 watt unit is stable, it's low on ripple, and it's plenty efficient. Just like the box said it was. And it's affordable, too. Folks, don't worry about the bragging rights the NEX1500 would give you... this right here is the EVGA unit to own, and I am really looking forward to taking a look at big brother 1300W before too long. If that unit is as good as this one is... look out, competition.

The Good:

excellent ripple control
excellent voltage stability
affordable
fully modular
nice looking
10 year warranty

The Bad:

nothing, really

The Mediocre:

some cable length issues

 

[ShadowSlayer]

Great to hear. So I take it coil whine is not going to be a major issue? Espcially when my system only needs 500w as it is? xD

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I own three of the Super Flower made EVGA's , no coil whine.

 

[AHBman]

Hello

I don't think that you need 1000W at all, even with an SLI setup
Get the G2 750W, you will have a way better efficiency on idle and moderate load

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Here' my 1000w EVGA P2.

 

[nick779]

Isnt coil whine from the card itself and not from the PSU?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Both can have coil whine.

 

[ShadowSlayer]

Thanks. I think I am set then. hmmm I'll post my specs and see if you still think I will be good with 750W. Bear in mind I'll be adding a custom loop, more SSD's and a few PCIE cards no doubt such as wireless NIC's and soundcards. I was getting a 1000W so I have plent of headroom and so my PSU is not working as hard. I am a noob with PSU's xD

CPU: I7 4770K
MOBO: MSI Z87 GD65 'GAMING'
RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengance @ 1600MHz(soon to be Avexir 1.1 red dragon @2400MHZ)
GPU: MSI GTZ 970
HDD: WD BLack 1TB
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB (getting another 250GB one soon)

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

750W would be plenty for those specs.

 

[TheMagicalWallaby]

Thanks. I think I am set then. hmmm I'll post my specs and see if you still think I will be good with 750W. Bear in mind I'll be adding a custom loop, more SSD's and a few PCIE cards no doubt such as wireless NIC's and soundcards. I was getting a 1000W so I have plent of headroom and so my PSU is not working as hard. I am a noob with PSU's xD

CPU: I7 4770K
MOBO: MSI Z87 GD65 'GAMING'
RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengance @ 1600MHz(soon to be Avexir 1.1 red dragon @2400MHZ)
GPU: MSI GTZ 970
HDD: WD BLack 1TB
SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB (getting another 250GB one soon)

A 750w or 850w would be a better choice. No need for 1000w's.

 

[ShadowSlayer]

Thanks for the help all, the extra money saved can go towards a custom side panel for my Corsair C70, then. These fan holes are damn ugly.

 

[TheMagicalWallaby]

Thanks for the help all, the extra money saved can go towards a custom side panel for my Corsair C70, then. These fan holes are damn ugly.

Consider rotating the panel.