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Maybe so, but I wonder how much of their PSU sales come from the excellent reputation of their GPUs.

by biggc 4y ago

kemotep 4y ago
When I bought my power supply several years ago, I went with the highest rated one from johnnyguru at the time which was an EVGA one. It is only one anecdote but at the time at least, the G3 EVGA power supply came highly recommended from johnnyguru with comprehensive tests completed.
- SSLy 4y ago
  G2 was the only ever recommended, G3 had issues with some protection circuits.
  - kemotep 4y ago
    I do not remember that and this is the first I have heard of that issue. My G3 has had zero issues in 5 years of operation. Do you happen to have a link to that? Seeing as johnnyguru is not available as far as I can tell this is the only proof I have: https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/5kl4v0/jonny_gurus_review_of_the_evga_g3_750w_psu_is_now/ https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/5kl4v0/jonny_guru...
    - mastazi 4y ago
      The Internet Archive is your friend: https://web.archive.org/web/20200702165629/http://www.jonnyguru.com/blog/2016/12/26/evga-supernova-750-g3-power-supply/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200702165629/http://www.jonnyg... It had a total score of 9.8 out of 10
- magicalhippo 4y ago
  IIRC the EVGA G3 failed the ATX requirement of holding voltage after mains goes down, dropping way too quickly. It was the only one of several that they tested in a group review. Not sure how much storage vendors relies on those milliseconds, but I decided to get something else.
  - kemotep 4y ago
    I wish the site was still up because I swear the EVGA SuperNova G3 was the highest rated power supply johnnyguru ever reviewed. Their review from my memory never covered that. I may have that all wrong seems multiple people remember the issue.
    - magicalhippo 4y ago
      To be fair, it rated well on most other aspects as I recall. I found a review by Tom's Hardware where it barely passed the minimum[1]. It's not unreasonable small differences between PSU units and measurement equipment leading to it just failing for some other reviewer. To be fair, I recall it was rated well in other categories, and the Tom's Hardware review does as well. [1]: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/evga-supernova-650-g3-psu,5533-4.html https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/evga-supernova-650-g3-p...

Maybe so, but I wonder how much of their PSU sales come from the excellent reputation of their GPUs.

by biggc 4y ago

Maybe so, but I wonder how much of their PSU sales come from the excellent reputation of their GPUs.

When I bought my power supply several years ago, I went with the highest rated one from johnnyguru at the time which was an EVGA one. It is only one anecdote but at the time at least, the G3 EVGA power supply came highly recommended from johnnyguru with comprehensive tests completed.

SSLy 4y ago
G2 was the only ever recommended, G3 had issues with some protection circuits.
- kemotep 4y ago
  I do not remember that and this is the first I have heard of that issue. My G3 has had zero issues in 5 years of operation. Do you happen to have a link to that? Seeing as johnnyguru is not available as far as I can tell this is the only proof I have: https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/5kl4v0/jonny_gurus_review_of_the_evga_g3_750w_psu_is_now/ https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/5kl4v0/jonny_guru...
  - mastazi 4y ago
    The Internet Archive is your friend: https://web.archive.org/web/20200702165629/http://www.jonnyguru.com/blog/2016/12/26/evga-supernova-750-g3-power-supply/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200702165629/http://www.jonnyg... It had a total score of 9.8 out of 10
magicalhippo 4y ago
IIRC the EVGA G3 failed the ATX requirement of holding voltage after mains goes down, dropping way too quickly. It was the only one of several that they tested in a group review. Not sure how much storage vendors relies on those milliseconds, but I decided to get something else.
- kemotep 4y ago
  I wish the site was still up because I swear the EVGA SuperNova G3 was the highest rated power supply johnnyguru ever reviewed. Their review from my memory never covered that. I may have that all wrong seems multiple people remember the issue.
  - magicalhippo 4y ago
    To be fair, it rated well on most other aspects as I recall. I found a review by Tom's Hardware where it barely passed the minimum[1]. It's not unreasonable small differences between PSU units and measurement equipment leading to it just failing for some other reviewer. To be fair, I recall it was rated well in other categories, and the Tom's Hardware review does as well. [1]: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/evga-supernova-650-g3-psu,5533-4.html https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/evga-supernova-650-g3-p...