New PSU time, looking at EVGA or SeaSonic?

Grandmaster Fap! · 9 Mar 2021 at 14:46

Two in question are EVGA supernova G3 850 gold and Seasonic Prime GX 850 gold.

After just getting a BeQuiet 850 that i suspect is faulty im after one of these two to test system stability, it'll be powering a 6800XT and 2700X. Anyone have experience of either?

Cheers

Grandmaster Fap! · 9 Mar 2021 at 18:40

Grimley said:
Get the Seasonic. I read somewhere that certain EVGA PSU's (G3 & GA) have issues with modern Graphics cards.

To be honest i was leaning towards to Seasonic anyway so ordered that, its ridiculous how few psu are available right now, i'd have preferred a 1000w to be honest but nothing doing :/

Grandmaster Fap! · 14 Mar 2021 at 13:56

Had the Seasonic a few days now and still had a hard lock so looks like either the 6800 is wonky or maybe something else is showing weakness. Unless an 850w isnt really optimal for a 6800xt? im reading that the card can randomly try to draw power spikes of 1000w!? :O

Grandmaster Fap! · 14 Mar 2021 at 14:09

Yeah im starting to think the BeQuiet wasnt the problem at all, might be time to upgrade mobo/cpu/ram as well, had them for a few years so it will scratch the upgrade itch and maybe solve the problem. Id really hate it to be the 6800xt as it means rma and god knows when id get another one with the shortages rampant!