Going to give a quick review of the EVGA Supernova G2 1300W here and do a full review in the correct place tomorrow.
I received the PSU to go with a new XSPC H2 build and it is replacing a XFX 1050W Black Edition, which was struggling to cope with my demands. The XFX was very noisy under load and was over powering the whole of my water cooled system. I am a little anal about noise and I went water cooling to get away from noisy fans, so that was a put off straight away. I must add that if nothing was overclocked, the fan didn't kick in but hey, I like to overclock
Anyways, on to what this EVGA Supernova G2 will be powering...
- A 3930K @ 5Ghz (1.5V)
- An EVGA Titan @ 1267Mhz (1.3V)
- An Asus Titan @ 1267Mhz (1.3V)
- 9 120mm fans
- 1 D5 pump
- 2 SSD's (1*480GB and 1*120GB)
- 2 Mechanical Drives (both 2TB)
- 1 DVD player and 1 memory card reader/USB panel
2 more fans than what I had in my old system, so not much of a difference. So on to what I thought....
First off, the packaging was top notch with the PSU being in a nice cloth case and all the cables packed nice. I won't do an unboxing review, as there are many of them already but very pleased with how well it came boxed up.
Nothing complicated about connecting it into the case and it comes with the usual 4 screws to connect to the back and all of the modular sockets are clearly defined. Nice and easy to read and nice solid fittings with the leads. For the XSPC H2 case, it connects to the bottom and on it's side. The XSPC H2 case made this a very easy fit. Connecting cables was easy and the cables are not as stiff as some of the other PSU's I have used, so this is a big plus for me. There is nothing worse than trying to bench and manipulate cables when you need to move them through awkward holes.
All the cables have a decent length and no problems connecting the whole of the computer up. As it is fully modular, this helps to keep cables clean and tidy.
On completion of my build, it is always an apprehensive press of the button for the first time and I usually miss something but thankfully, not this time
So on to testing. I fired up the PC with nothing overclocked, just to make sure the water was working ok and nothing was getting too hot. I ran it like that with some simple monitoring software on temps for an hour and ran a couple of easy bench runs all on stock. No problems, so time to test.
Fired up 5Ghz on the CPU (1.5V) and went full steam with a 1267Mhz OC on each of the Titans (1.3V) and fired up 3DMark Firestrike. The first thing that I noticed was the lack of noise from the PSU, so while the bench was running, I checked it and the fan was spinning but was completely silent and even with my head next to the PSU, I couldn't hear it at all. Massive Kudos for that and a major plus in my book. The bench completed and no noise at all from the fan and no shut down like I had previously with the XFX 1050W PSU. Well chuffed with the noise level and performance.
A quick pro's and cons.
Pro's
- Build quality
- Silent operation
- Bendy cables
- Clearly defined connections
- Masses of cables if needed and good lengths
- Price
- 10 year warranty
- Free game
Con's
I paid the same price for this unit as I did my XFX unit and the quality just oozes confidence in it.
Buy now if you need a reliable PSU from a reliable company. Top guys EVGA
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-004-EA
) and will give a review of it when my build is completed.
with the PSU you can also get a copy of Rise of the Triade if you want to... You just have to register it and request the code at the promo articel....
