Final Thoughts and Conclusions
Last year when we reviewed the original 750W G2 power supply we found it delivered very good performance with minimal noise. Now EVGA has raised the bar with the new G2L Series. Voltage regulation and AC ripple suppression are better than before and the new G2L power supplies come with white LEDs in the front panel connectors, which adds a cool lighting affect if you have a case with a side window.
The EVGA 750W Supernova G2L power supply exhibited excellent voltage regulation on all of the DC outputs along with excellent AC ripple and noise suppression. The power supply features a good assortment of modular cables and delivers great efficiency, easily meeting the 80Plus Gold criteria.
The 750W G2L PSU incorporates EVGA’s ECO Thermal Control System, which allows the power supply to operate in silent, fan-less mode at low to mid power levels. The warranty period is ten years for the new GQ series. All-in-all, a very good showing for a main-stream enthusiast grade power supply.
The MSRP for the EVGA Supernova 750W G2L power supply is $129.99 USD (amazon.com, October 2016). The MSRP for the 850W G2L is $149.99 USD.
Strengths:
• 10-Year warranty
• 750W or 850W of Continuous DC output at up to 50°C
• White LEDs inside modular connectors on front panel
• 80 PLUS Gold certified, with up to 92% efficiency
• Clean DC outputs (low AC ripple and noise)
• Excellent voltage regulation (±2%) on the three primary outputs
• Very quiet 135mm cooling fan with ball bearings
• ECO Thermal Control allows silent, fan-less operation at low to mid power
• Good assortment of fully modular cables
• NVIDIA SLI & AMD Crossfire Ready
• All Japanese made capacitors for long life and reliability
• Hardware protections: OVP, UVP, OCP, OPP, and SCP
Minor Weaknesses:
• Do we really need nine different EVGA 750W PSUs to choose from?
EVGA SuperNOVA 750W G2L Power Supply
Our thanks to EVGA for sending us the 750 G2L PSU to review – thank you!
Really nice PSU, as always,
Really nice PSU, as always, from EVGA. Are the LEDs on when the PSU is connected with power, but the system is power down? Those LEDs will be really helpful when trying to connect a power cable but the room lighting doesn’t help.
PS. I am reading that some EVGA FTW like going SuperNOVA because of bad PWM cooling.
Here’s some thermal pads
Here’s some thermal pads suckaz, fix it yourself, signed EVGA! The FTW line of GPUs should be calld the WTF line. I’d RMA that crap right back to EVGA, let them fix it!
If the user has to apply the pads does it void the warranty?
“EVGA GTX 1070/1080 Overheating Issues – Company Says Thermal Pads A Solution”
https://www.techpowerup.com/227133/evga-gtx-1070-1080-overheating-issues-company-says-thermal-pads-a-solution
Based on an email that a
Based on an email that a Greek forum member got from EVGA as a reply, they do NOT acknowledge a problem, they insist that the cards DO NOT need those pads. They just give those pads as a free service to their customers. Funny right? Cards don’t need pads, but take them and use them.
Have owned a 1080ftw since
Have owned a 1080ftw since release, 0 issues, my pc is on 24/7, and I regularly play games that use 90% of what the card has to give or more. Never seen it above 65c under full load in a mid tower with everything else air cooled.
I know that 1 person’s experience is not indicative of the experience those with issues have had… but I’m more inclined to think that EVGA is right, and they may well be having issues but are in the vocal minority. I know 2 other people that bought the same card, from completely separate outlets, and neither of them have had issues either. One has it stuffed in a micro atx case with garbage airflow too…
No, unfortunately the LEDs
No, unfortunately the LEDs only come On when the PSU turns on.
Pity. It would have been a
Pity. It would have been a useful feature, rarely necessary, but useful.
You said :
• (1) 20+4 pin
You said :
• (1) 20+4 pin ATX
• (1) 8-pin EPS/ATX12V
• (4) 6-pin PCI-E
• (2) SATA
• (2) Molex
At second page there was 2x 8-pin EPS, which one is correct?
Regards
The full specs are given on
The full specs are given on page two, which list two 8-pin (4+4) ATX/EPS connectors – this is correct.
The table you quoted is a list of the connectors I used for testing (however, it should have shown two 8-pin EPS being used instead of one – fixed). Sorry for the confusion.
gold should be made a defualt
gold should be made a defualt standard for power supply units, and should be starting at 60$ to save the world energy/environmental crisis
that would put a lot of
that would put a lot of people out of a job fixing PC’s for a living. LOL