New EVGA PSU guide

Ben @ EVGA · 10 Aug 2015 at 11:06

Hi All

We have launched a new PSU tool at EVGA to help you decide which PSU you might need to power your system.

http://eu.evga.com/power-meter/

I am interested in any feedback anyone might have for this tool if you find it useful or not or any tweaks or changes you might suggest.

Thanks
Ben

Geeman1979 · 10 Aug 2015 at 12:25

Good stuff, should help a few who are unsure.

Joe! · 10 Aug 2015 at 13:36

I tried it, and all of the "view now" links I get redirect me to a 404 page.

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It redirects me to this: http://eu.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=220-P2-1200-X1

Anyway, good tool for those who are unsure.

Akagi · 10 Aug 2015 at 13:39

It is good, aside from the fact that you have to have the results emailed to you. Can we not just have the result displayed on the screen once we have filled in the forms?

Joe! · 10 Aug 2015 at 13:46

Acme said:
It is good, aside from the fact that you have to have the results emailed to you. Can we not just have the result displayed on the screen once we have filled in the forms?

Wha? Entering your email just gives you a discount code. Scrolling down shows the adequate power supplies for your build... At least for me?

kefan77 · 10 Aug 2015 at 13:55

tried, result was as expected.

just wondering about few things.

why do the 550 and 650W G2 units have 3 years lower warranty than 750W and above?

also are there any major differences between 550W GS and G2, apart from 1 being Seasonic, the other one SF and 120 vs 140mm fan?

and finally. if i have an efficient system that's maybe 200W in peak and run it off 750W G2, is there any downside apart from maybe not the best efficiency?

Glanza · 10 Aug 2015 at 15:54

Good for a quick basic overview, I'd like a few more options on there but for the bulk of people it'll do the job.

Akagi · 10 Aug 2015 at 16:14

Rowlii said:
Wha? Entering your email just gives you a discount code. Scrolling down shows the adequate power supplies for your build... At least for me?

My mistake, thats what I get for browsing in a tiny window at work.

pastymuncher · 10 Aug 2015 at 16:16

Just tried for my pc and it recommended 650w+. Fairly happy with that as I like the extra headroom. Most I have ever seen my pc pull is 452w at the wall so it could run on a 550w psu easy enough although as I said, I prefer the extra headroom.

haszek · 10 Aug 2015 at 21:40

For my new setup it recommended me exactly the same power supply that I just bought today

.:SAmSuNG:. · 10 Aug 2015 at 21:55

Works better than the others I feel. They seem to recommend much higher than you actually need.

Yours recommended me 850w and up and im running a AX860i perfectly fine.

~Mike~ · 10 Aug 2015 at 22:07

Very nice, like the layout.

As for the recommended psu it started off with the right size but at the bottom of the list where ones with another 250w.

Joe! · 10 Aug 2015 at 22:26

~Mike~ said:
As for the recommended psu it started off with the right size but at the bottom of the list where ones with another 250w.

I think that is a logical product placement. It's kinda saying like "If you'd like a bit of headroom for future upgrades, we also sell X power supply for you to purchase"

Nothing wrong with this in my opinion as it's EVGA's own site.

Akagi · 10 Aug 2015 at 23:19

-delete-

Joe! · 10 Aug 2015 at 23:25

^ Wrong thread? If not, you seem to be quite excited about a power supply.

Akagi · 10 Aug 2015 at 23:25

Rowlii said:
^ Wrong thread? If not, you seem to be quite excited about a power supply.

Lol! Yep, I failed...

Joe! · 10 Aug 2015 at 23:26

Haha, hope whatever it is goes well for you

vonex · 14 Aug 2015 at 18:35

just bouight a new psu, wish i had of seen this earlier :/

Twirlywoos · 16 Aug 2015 at 21:22

Results kind of useless without some categorization. The results showed PSU's from 650Watt to 1000Watt for me. You should have results shown as Minimum, Recommended, Ultimate. Also why did you not ask if the GPU is overclocked, because you did for CPU and additional components like sound card, watercooling pumps would be beneficial too.