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so far so good - EVGA 650 GQ Power Supply, 210-GQ-0650-V1, 80+ GOLD 650W, Semi Modular, Black

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2021

Review of - EVGA 650 GQ Power Supply, 210-GQ-0650-V1, 80+ GOLD 650W, Semi Modular, ECO Mode, 5 Year Warranty, Black
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So far so good.
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I first ran this psu unit 24/7 for a week hooked up to a PSU tester.
Then I installed this psu into a computer build that has now been running 24/7 since completion.
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The only output cable that is permanently wired is the 24-pin 12 volt line, with all other cables modular.
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This PSU was on sale here at amazon, shipped and sold by amazon, at an amazing sale price that was 63% off MSRP according to amazon. This sale price from amazon was amazing!
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At the sale price amazon sold this PSU, the features are amazing, including all black flat cables.
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I have this psu installed in a "home theater" custom computer with an AMD Ryzen 5 3400G APU (no GPU, just using the integrated graphics), an Asus B450-F ii motherboard, a Crucial P5 500GB nvme system drive, and two 6TB cma NAS drives in mirror mode (appears to system as a single drive) to store on the "home theater" media.
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One of the few things I wonder about, my only criticism of this psu, is that I wonder why the product's designer decided to put the "eco" mode switch tucked into the back/inside end of the PSU, where it is difficult to access and to check inside the computer's power supply shroud, when most others, even their own other modules, have the eco switch on the outside next to the power switch. Even so, this PSU is worth five stars at amazon's sale price.
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Still so far so good, and running happily 24/7 in a custom computer build.

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A J

Do not re-use cables

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2019

The power supply is quiet and installed easily. There are plenty of connectors, including old style molex, and they are wrapped up in velcro. Connection names are clear on the cables - not so much on the power supply (Grey on Black).

I did have one major issue though EVGA and Corsair (and probably other manufacturers I've not used) have Modular Power Supplies with cables that are physically compatible, but NOT electrically compatible. i.e. You can plug in an EVGA cable to a Corsair power supply (as I did because I didn't have a molex cable for my old Corsair), but the system will not boot. Anecdotally (see google) you may be unlucky and fry things. So this "review" is mainly a public-service-announcement for anyone who has more than one vendor's power supplies.

As to why with all the keying possibilities Vendors can not be either physically incompatible or use a common standard - you'd have to ask them.

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JoshuaTop Contributor: Raspberry Pi

Very good so far. No major complaints yet.

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2022

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I waited a few days to review this to be sure, but so far it has been very good. Only time will truly tell (the real test is if a PSU explodes after a year or something) but so far so good. I checked a number of reviews before buying and this one is supposed to be of a very good internal quality. Voltages are fairly reliable and it can handle quite a lot of 12V current under load according to reviews (I lack the testing equipment to verify this.) That's the truest test as a 1 kilowatt PSU is worse than a 500 watt PSU if the 500W PSU is of a quality grade and the 1kW PSU uses cheap components or takes shortcuts. More power may sound better on paper, but cheaper components can't actually hold it and ultimately can't produce what they claim before voltages drop or fluctuate madly. (Plus it's almost impossible to get a PC to actually use anywhere near to this much power anyway. The highest CPUs probably are around 170 watts and the highest GPUs are probably around 260, so what truly matters is how well it actually handles their load rather than the theoretical maximum watts it can supposedly produce on paper in a lab. This one is purportedly of the grade that can handle that high load, while managing to be extremely efficient in doing so. Efficiency is pretty high on this one, so it wastes relatively little power on heat and efficiency loss (if I recall it was supposed to be 90% at its most optimal point, so only 10% is lost. Once upon a time it was normal for a PSU to be closer to 70%, so this is quite a nice direction to see them going today.)

This one comes with an eco switch that mostly is supposed to run its fan a bit less for reduced noise and technically less power usage (though the fan is only a few watts at the most probably, so doesn't really make a major difference in regards to power usage and the increased heat likely reduces conversion efficiency a bit, offsetting whatever it saved anyway.) I didn't feel like the fan makes any significant noise whatsoever, so I saw no reason whatsoever even to turn on the eco mode. I suppose it's nice that it is there for people going for closer to full silence builds though. Most PSUs don't give you such an option and you'd have to splice in a third party fan if you wanted to reduce their noise levels -- which is not a thing most people want to do, so kudos for this. I'm sure it still makes more noise in eco mode than a modified PSU could get down to, but it's probably a really good option for a stock switch.

The modular design seems kind of nice. As usual the required motherboard power cables are not modular (they're required to be able to turn on the system -- in fact, required to turn on the PSU itself -- so it's silly that some PSUs make them modular) but everything else is modular. I do wish they had broken them down more though. For example, if you need one molex connector, you have to use a full cable with several on it, so it takes up more room and is harder to control. I think just having two single molex connector cables would be much more sensible for the average person's systems and they could have tossed in a Y adapter or two to provide more for people who needed more. The GPU power connector comes with several on a single cable though, which is kind of silly since this could only even be meaningful on a SLI setup of extremely high powered GPUs and an adapter would better serve this purpose then. That meant a significant portion of the GPU power cable hung off the side and pressed against a side fan I have in my case, so I have to close it kind of carefully to keep it from being a problem. This one cable basically can't really be controlled via zip ties or etc and basically has to be crammed in a bit. I tried to keep it as minimal as possible, but, in the end I ended up having to put in most of the cables it included, so it being modular didn't help nearly as much as I had hoped it would. This made the cables only moderately easier to actually control compared to a non-modular PSU since there end up being almost as many and they have as many connectors on each anyway. I did have just a bit less than I would if it were all built in though, so it did still help a tiny bit. The flat cables are somewhat easier when going straight, but were a bit tricky to bend into place for the motherboard connectors and couldn't be worked with as well as I'd hoped for the GPU power either, so both plus and minus there I guess. Unfortunately, the actual connections for modular PSU cables aren't really standardized, so there isn't really a trustworthy market for third party options (and you probably don't want to cut the cords that come with it to reduce their size and complexity,) so you pretty much are stuck with what you get, which is only maybe 50% better than a non-modular PSU.

Other than my dissatisfaction over the modular design, this seems like overall a really good PSU. My biggest concern of all was that it should last me a long time, not just in how much power it can provide but also just plain hold up for a long time, and all factors so far point to it being well enough made that I can probably count on this. While it's still too soon to say anything about its long term lifetime and I may have to add an edit later if it comes to that, initially I think I won't have to. It also is at a good price for a PSU of its power, efficiency, and reliability levels, so definitely five stars for value there (and, ironically, for once "value" is not an available rating field, but if it was I'd give it 5/5.)

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Satya Sheel Pandey

Very good

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2022

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Easy installation and good psu for its price

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J. Janssen

High Quality

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2022

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This PSU is insane. It is quiet, easy to work with, and has the best cables I have ever seen that come with a PSU. They look like custom cables. Overall it was easy to install, is quiet, and has been working perfectly.

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Amazon Customer

Working good

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2022

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Working just fine months later

would buy this power supply again.

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Loliniser

Good

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2022

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Good

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K. Crawford

Great for silent operation other than odd clicking sounds for first few minutes

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2018

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I set out to make a "nearly" silent PC, in that I didn't want to go fanless, but I wanted it to have the fans running so slowly (or off) during normal operation that it was silent, and it was only during intensive activities that the fans would ramp up. After I got up off the floor from sticker shock of truly fanless PSUs, I read the engenius idea of buying an "eco mode" PSU and make sure that 40% of the PSU is more power than you need. Then, the PSU fans never come on. Genius!

The only caveat, and the reason I give this PSU 4-stars instead of 5, is when I first turn on the system, there is this quiet but noticeable clicking sound coming from the PSU. It sounds like there is another smaller fan inside the PSU that is bumping into something (I'm not saying that's what's actually happening, just what it sounds like). The noise level is less than the fan would make if it were on, or if I used a cheaper PSU like the Bronze 80+ 450 that I have in another system. But for someone going for near-silent, it is very noticeable.

The good news is that something about the PSU warming up makes the sound go away. So just a minute or two after the system turns on, the sound goes away. If you're like me and you leave your system on 24x7, this is a silent PSU when in eco mode and keeping it below the fan threshold. My system should only use about 250 watts according to online calculators in all but the most intensive situations, so I expect it to stay that way. The only time I ever hear anything out of this PSU is when I have to shut the system off to replace a component or something (note: a reboot won't cause it as the PSU stays warm).

But the long and short of it, is that with this PSU, a good CPU cooler, good fans on all the components and leaving the front of the case fan off unless the system gets hot (trying to save a few bucks and not replace the 12" fan unless I need to) I have a truly silent PC, where a pretty sensitive dB meter can not detect it being on. I have to do the test in the middle of the night, because even cars going by outside are detectable. But at 3 AM, it reads 21.1 dB with the PC off and 21.1 dB with it on. My stomach gurgles and the stupid thing goes up to 24 dB or I click the mouse and it goes up to over 30 dB so trust me when I say the dB meter is sensitive enough to detect pretty small readings.

To be fair and give a caveat, to keep it silent, the fans are running at 13% on the rear of the case, 10% on the CPU and 5% on the GPU. But that's just enough air flow with the good heatsinks that in normal operation the system temp stays around 40 and both the CPU temp and GPU temps stay in the mid 50's.

Build details:
Intel Core i3-8100 CPU
MSI Z370M Mortar motherboard
Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti "Windforce OC" GPU (Note: Gigabyte is the only vendor with a good fan controller on their 1050 GPU. The other companies have junk 2-pin fans.)
2 of 4 GB DDR4 2400 Kingston Fury DIMMs
Samsung 960 EVO M.2 SSD
EVGA 650 GQ PSU in eco mode

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sweet bream

works

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2022

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works ok quieter than the 550 bronze I guess

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so far so good - EVGA 650 GQ Power Supply, 210-GQ-0650-V1, 80+ GOLD 650W, Semi Modular, Black

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2021

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Steve Church

It works and it's quiet.

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2021

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I really didn't want to go inexpensive for the PSU but when you are stuck on a set budget for a build you have to make a few successions. This isn't on any of the sites that warn you about dangerous PSUs and it worked out of the box. That's all I can ask for in a PSU under $70. It comes with all the ATX cables it should and some extensions and adapters. I didn't run into any problems. It's semi-modular so your 24 pin is hardwired but the rest is modular. It looks clean and it's really quiet. I thought it failed until the build posted because it doesn't make much noise at all until under heavy load. I had to take one star off of the product review for the poor packing. It was just the PSU box in an amazon bag with no padding and the box was smashed up on 2 sides. Of course I was worried but it passed the paperclip test so I put my build together just to test it under load and so far no problems. I like to keep retail boxes for electronics so that if I sell them it's easy to keep track of in the original packaging. I won't be keeping this box. It's ugly now. Thanks Amazon for allowing the smashing boxes once again. When I order something that isn't easily breakable they wrap it in so much packaging I can barely get into it but when they ship sensitive electronics it literally comes bare in box with no padding or bubble wrap or anything other

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It's good at this price

Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2021

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So without ECO mode, this thing is the loudest fan in my box. So I decided to turn ECO on. It couldn't be in a more inconvenient place (well I suppose they could have put it on the top with a recessed button, but other than that...). I have one of those cases with a PSU/HDD shroud that is only accessible from the cable routing side. This isn't uncommon, though I accept that this situation isn't entirely the PSU's fault.

Well that ECO switch is on the wiring-side of the PSU (inside of the case) off in a corner by that inaccessible side. I had to use the handle of a long wooden spoon to get to that switch. I can't for the life of me figure out why that switch isn't on the outside by the power switch. For crying out loud.

It's listed as Semi-Modular, but the only cable that's permanently attached is the ATX cable, so it's fully-modular honestly.

Everything else about it is pretty standard, it does the job, it has a reasonable warranty and 80+G is an optimal choice IMO. Good buy in my book. It's only been a few days so no comment on ECO mode long-term, I will update if I have thoughts, but so far so good. If I can just leave it on perpetually the button location shouldn't be a problem.

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