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I normally buy Thermaltake but couldn't find the stock from our suppliers. Yesterday, I had ordered four for in shop builds and am giving them a try. The reviews seem to like them as a budget PSU.
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Re: Bought a few 500W EVGA 80 Plus PSUs
2018/04/20 21:57:05
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You sure you posted in the right section? 
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Re: Bought a few 500W EVGA 80 Plus PSUs
2018/04/20 22:35:15
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lol, didn't think it was interesting enough to go into the public section.
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Re: Bought a few 500W EVGA 80 Plus PSUs
2018/04/21 00:56:48
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lol, didn't think it was interesting enough to go into the public section.
Haha. 
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Re: Bought a few 500W EVGA 80 Plus PSUs
2018/04/21 01:25:11
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Since the subject is EVGA PSUs I think this should be moved to the EVGA PSU forums
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Re: Bought a few 500W EVGA 80 Plus PSUs
2018/04/21 01:26:56
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EVGA makes good PSUs and the 500 watt should be very good especially in small form factor cases.
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Re: Bought a few 500W EVGA 80 Plus PSUs
2018/04/21 07:24:03
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EVGA makes good PSUs and the 500 watt should be very good especially in small form factor cases.
Long as you go with Gold or higher 80 Plus rated PSU's. The Bronze and White EVGA 80 Plus are junk.
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Re: Bought a few 500W EVGA 80 Plus PSUs
2018/04/21 14:39:49
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What makes them junk for budget builds?
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Re: Bought a few 500W EVGA 80 Plus PSUs
2018/04/21 16:57:48
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What makes them junk for budget builds?
Doing a budget build or not, why go with bad power supplies. Sure you could save $10-30 in up front costs, but in the long run, the 80+ white or bronze units will cost you more money. Power supply mfg have cut just about ever corner they can on 80+ white/bronze units. Some vendors have been caught sending golden samples to reviewers while retail chains are carrying ones made by a sub contractor. I see 550-650w gold rated power supplies on sale for $40-50 all the time.
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Re: Bought a few 500W EVGA 80 Plus PSUs
2018/04/21 19:49:03
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Canadian pricing is significantly higher than USD. All it's powering are the necessities. Unless you tell me they have a high failure rate, I'm not concerned. I've been using 80 Plus PSUs for a while without issues.
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Re: Bought a few 500W EVGA 80 Plus PSUs
2018/04/24 03:12:06
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The only issue I've had with the white/bronze power supplies is bad fans making noise, other than that nothing else.
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