Features:

  • EVGA 600 BQ - "Great Quality, Great Value"
  • 80 PLUS Bronze certified, with 85% efficiency or higher under typical loads
  • Fan Size / Bearing: 120mm Fluid Dynamic Bearing - Quiet and Intelligent Auto Fan for near-silent operation
  • Heavy-duty protections, including OVP, UVP, OCP, OPP, and SCP
  • AC Input 100 - 240 VAC, 10-5A, 50 - 60 Hz. Operating Temperature-0° to 40° C
And this done didn't disappoint. I won't talk about installation because 1 power ...

To give some background, my computer has been unstable since I built it. I suspected that it was the power supply due to fact that stability returned once I changed the power limit on my 1080 to 70 percent with lower clocks. Once this was done everything would run smoothly. With that in mind, I decided to see if replacing my power supply itself would allow me to run my hardware at what they were specced for. The previous power supply was a Rosewill Stallion 700 watt that I got as part of a package deal 2 months ago. In either case I ordered the 600 Watt b1 because of the reviews and my own experience with evga products. And this done didn't disappoint. I won't talk about installation because 1 power supply is no different then another if its not modular. What I will give praise for those is the cable length is perfect for a standard atx built with the cables being long enough to arrange fairly easily. It runs quiet which is great. And now I no longer have to down throttle my 1080 and my system ram is working at its specced speed and voltages. So in the future, if your computer crash's randomly etc. Try replacing the power supply after verifying the rest of your hardware is working as it should. This is the second time in my last 5 builds that the power supply was the culprit on my system. But to be fair 1 of them was a 4 year old psu out of warranty from another mfgr.

The 550W B3 is great for 1-GPU systems or custom cable mods!

Writing this review in 2019, I just upgraded my daughter's old Haswell Pentium/GTX 750Ti build to a Core i5/GTX 1060 as she's doing a lot more than just browsing the web and Minecraft, so I upgraded her system... I also wanted to "add some bling" to her system, so I decided to get a new case and some custom cables for the PSU. She had an older no-name, uncertified PSU, and while I had no problems, I didn't want to trust her new upgrades with an old PSU of dubious history, plus I wanted full-modular for the cables I had in mind (I didn't have room for custom extensions, I needed to use custom replacements). First off, there are MANY sites that offer wattage calculators for how much your system draws at peak useage... long story short, the average home computer with a single graphics card usually maxes out around 300W give or take. That doesn't mean buy a 300W PSU (don't do that!)... you never want your system to reach your PSU's max wattage, and the most efficient power draw a PSU ever reaches is usually around 50% max load... so if your system pulls around 300w, you want a PSU around 600w capacity for maximum efficiency. So unless you're running a ton of peripherals and two or more graphics cards, the average computer owner should be looking in the 550w-650w range... anything more is just throwing your money out the window and your PSU will be less effiicent since it won't even reach 50% of it's max draw. I was very happy with this PSU... it's the perfect wattage, it runs very quiet, it has an econo-mode, it's small, its fully modular, and the cables that come with the PSU are all black wires from beginning to end... not a single "ketchup and mustard" wire to be found with this PSU. Also, becuase it is fully modular, it makes it easy to get replacement cables for custom wiring jobs as-in my pictures. I purchased the Cablemods E-Series replacement cables for her B3 PSU and was very happy with the results. I've been using (and/or upgrading to) multiple EVGA PSUs for the many systems I have in my house and have never had one fail on me... I might replace one from time to time for various reasons, but it's never been becasue of a failure. EVGA has me as a happy return customer! You'd be wise to get one of their PSUs.

The EVGA 450 BT had no problems at all handling the power needs of my system under heavy load and stayed cool to the touch

I recently purchased this PSU to replace the one in a cyberpowerpc that I recently purchased as well. The reason I replaced the power supply, even though it was brand new (used for 1 day), is because of the multiple reports of very low quality PSU's used in some of their builds, and I couldn't find one single specification online for the one that came in the pc I purchased. EVGA has multiple 450 watt PSU's available but this one was $10 less than the next lowest priced 80+bronze PSU from EVGA. As far as I can tell, the only difference between this one and the others they have available is that this one is rated to produce a continuous 450 watts at 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) while the others are rated at 40 degrees Celsius. The actual spec on this PSU is +30 but since it doesn't state how much above 30 degrees I'll just assume 30 even. I have this power supply running in a system with a core i5 7400 CPU, an AMD RX 580 4GB graphics card, 8GB of 2400mhz RAM, a 1TB 7200 rpm HDD, 4 case fans, a cpu fan, and 2 fans on the cooler for the graphics card. I stressed this setup with a few different benchmarks including Cinebench and Unigine's 3 benchmarks; Heaven, Valley and Superpostition, all on ultra settings. The GPU was running at %100 for almost the entire time the benchmarks were running and the fans (7 in all, not including the one built into the PSU) were also all running at %100. The EVGA 450 BT had no problems at all handling the power needs of my system under heavy load and stayed cool to the touch. It also features built in over voltage, over power, over current, under voltage, and short circuit protections. This means that if something were to happen to the PSU it should keep the rest of my system from harm, which gives me little more peace of mind. It also uses all black cables, a feature not often found on PSU's that cost $10 or even $20 more than this one. And while not modular, cable management was still pretty easy and, in my opinion anyway, looks pretty good in my case since it has a cover for the excess wires. The sleeve bearing used for the 120mm fan also keeps this unit running pretty quiet, which is nice. So unless your system's needs exceed the output of this power supply or you plan on using it outside in the middle of summer, I wouldn't have any worries making this purchase, especially since it comes with a 3 year warranty. And if you don't know how many watts you need in a power supply you can google "power supply calculator" and use one of the many free tools provided to give you a recommendation on the specs you need. I included some pics so you can see what the wiring looks like after installation. I'll also include a list of cable specs in case there is any confusion. One 20+4 pin connector for the motherboard on its own cable. One 8 pin (4+4 pin) connector for the CPU on its own cable. Two 8 pin (6+2 pin) connectors for the GPU share the same cable with about 5 inches between the two connectors. Four SATA connectors in total: Two SATA cables with two connectors each. Three Molex connectors on one cable + 1 floppy cable 5 stars for value, warranty and peace of mind. EDIT: this PSU cost $30 with a $15 rebate at the time of my purchase.

Since a nice reliable modular like this was available at a reasonable ...

In retrospect I did not actually need a new power supply, but as my 3 year old AM3+ based system began having erratic issues I did numerous hardware and software tests and narrowed down the elusive issues to motherboard and/or power supply. I need to get another year or so out of this system, and had no alternate psu to test with. Since a nice reliable modular like this was available at a reasonable price I was willing to begin by replacing my old power supply, as it is a good investment anyway. Ultimately the problem turned out to be my Asus motherboard, but after finding a replacement my system has been back up and running great for a couple of months now. I don't frequently monitor voltage, but when I do all of the values on this psu are correct and stable. I've been using EVGA products for close to 18 years now, and have been satisfied more often than not.

Works great

I haven't had any issues running this in my photo-editing rig. It came with much of what I needed. The three cables that are not modular, you need. One for the graphics card and two for the motherboard. The only cable I needed to add was for the SATA that I'm using for the SSD and the BDR. They included one SATA data cable. I used it for the BDR and ordered an extra 6.0 Gbps SATA III cable for the SSD. This fit fine in my case pointed down, which is preferred. This is my first EVGA power supply. I have heard of their great customer service. I hope I never have to use it. This rig is protected with a APC Battery Back-UPS, 1350VA (BN1350G) and a surge protector. AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler (YD1600BBAEBOX) ARCTIC ORACO-MX40001-BL MX-4 Thermal Compound Paste - 4 Grams ASUS Prime B350-Plus AMD Ryzen AM4 DDR4 HDMI DVI VGA M.2 USB 3.1 ATX B350 Motherboard Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-02 Mid Tower Gaming Case EVGA 750 BQ, 80+ BRONZE 750W, Semi Modular, 5 Year Warranty Power Supply 110-BQ-0750-V1 Corsair Air Series AF120 LED Quiet Edition High Airflow Fan Twin Pack - Red JBtek All Red Sleeved PWM Fan Splitter Cable 1 to 2 Converter, 2 Pack GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 Ti DirectX 12 GV-N105TWF2OC-4GD 4GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E500B/AM) LG WH16NS40 Super Multi Blue Internal SATA 16x Blu-ray Disc Rewriter LG - 24" IPS LED FHD FreeSync Monitor Monoprice 18-Inch SATA III 6.0 Gbps Cable Cable Matters 3-Pack Gold Plated High Speed

Very satisfied thus far

The EVGA 700 B1 was packaged in the EVGA box with all advertised cables. That box was packaged surrounded by large bubble wrap in another box. That's the way it should be done. The screw holes lined up fine with the holes in my ZT Systems case. So far the power supply works fine and is very quiet in my system. I had to bend a metal tab inside the back of the case outward from the case so that the power supply screw holes were flush with the holes of the case, but that was not difficult to do. Would definitely buy this product again.

Works great on a Dell XPS 8700

Installed this on a Dell XPS 8700 during my lunch break today. Worked great. Fit was a little snug but the four screws that connect it to the back of the case pulled it the rest of the way in. It had all the connectors we needed. My son wanted to add a evga Nvidia 1070 ti video card to his PC. The stock PSU was 460 watts and he has 3 hard drives, so we decided to upgrade the PSU too. I was expecting all kinds of issues but we took our time and carefully routed cables and made sure everything was connected before doing the “smoke test”. We first just did the PSU then hooked up and boot the PC with the old video card (no point frying the new card if something was wrong). Machine booted right up. Existing power button on the top of the case still works. We then added the 1070ti and resecured the power cables, again the machine booted up. My son upgraded the video drivers and both his monitors came up. Overall kudos for evga on the video card and PSU.

Typical, excellent EVGA quality.

I'm quite a fan of EVGA's stuff. I've built systems with their motherboards, their graphics cards and their power supplies. Everything so far has been top-quality stuff. This power supply went into a "bang-for-buck" budget system with a Ryzen 2600 and an RX570. The unit has a nice weight to it; which sounds weird, but I think there's a commonly accepted belief that a heavier power supply generally means better quality. I know for sure the super-light ones are essentially garbage. Installation was very straightforward, like nearly any power supply. It came with screws to hold it into the case and some documentation that, honestly, I didn't even glance at. I installed this in a micro-ATX case so all my cabling was plenty long. This power supply (450W, bronze) is not modular, so there was quite a bit of extra cabling that I did not need. Fortunately, my case has a "basement" where I could bundle up all the extras and hide it. The fan is very quiet, I don't think I can even notice it over the case fans. So far, so good. If anything ever goes wrong I'll update the review but I fully expect this power supply to outlive the rest of the system.

Bronze power !!!!!!!

This power supply is by far the best one I have ever purchased, It is in my sons computer and he runs it in the ground with all of the game time he has, but it takes the punishment and keeps on going, it's a tough cookie. His computer has an expensive video card in it that requires a lot of power and he has lights inside of the case and with everything else running this power supply keeps on going , no problem . One last thing, it has all of the connections you will need to power up just about anything on the market today.

Good PSU, Would Buy Again

I've owned this PSU for a while now. It was apart of my old system and transferred to my new one. My old system had a motherboard issue and was a headache to figure out. I bought this PSU to make sure my old system didn't have a power issue. In the end it was time to build a new system, so I bought new motherboard, cpu and ram. Issues are gone now. The plug and play factor is that it worked flawlessly. The fan is barely noticeable compared to my case fans. You would have to look at the fan to see that it's spinning to know that it is working. At the time of purchase the price was good for the watt rating and the 80+ Bronze efficiency. I can overclock on my new system without worrying about power delivery. The only thing I have to worry about is if I wanted to run Crossfire or SLI. I have to make sure the gpu cards I choose and total system power draw all fit within the 500w limit or I'll have to upgrade. Other then that I should be good This doesn't RGB lights or anything, so if your hoping for that look at a different one. It's more like a stealth look, all blacked out. You might forget it's there if you have an all black case and remove the decals. Only con is that it's not a 80+ titanium. Just kidding lol

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