EVGA 750 BQ, 80+ Bronze 750W Semi Modular Power Supply

I used to have a EVGA 500 BQ 80+ Bronze PSU in my rig that had one i7-3770 processor, one SSD, one HDD, one GTX 1060 6GB graphics card, 24GB RAM, two optical drives, a water-cooled system with two 120mm fans on its radiator, three case fans, and a PCI Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card. I recently wanted to upgrade the storage in my rig by adding two more storage devices when my PC started freaking out. I assumed that I messed something up until I disconnected the two extra storage devices and noticed that everything seemed to have been running fine again. At this time, I also ran a benchmark on my graphics card, only to find that it was running so poorly that I couldn't even play NBA 2k17 without having some serious lagging! So, I contacted the company that I bought the card from for a replacement, and in the time waiting for a reply from them, I decided to see if my PSU could likely have been the problem by not being able to supply enough power to everything, causing the PC to freak out and the graphics card to bottleneck.After installing this PSU, I've noticed so many improvements! The GPU no longer is being bottlenecked (I can run Skyrim on its highest settings!), I can add both storage devices without any issues, and the PC seems to be running more smoothly overall!I learned out of my experience that this PSU is best used for gamers who have either more than two storage devices or more than one mid-to-high-end graphics cards, as our PC gets very power hungry then! The semi-modularity is also perfect for anyone who plans on grabbing one of these. The only three cables that don't disconnect are the 20+4-pin and 4-pin motherboard connectors and the 6-pin graphics card connector. Otherwise, all other VGA, SATA, and PERIF cables that are included can be connected or disconnected as needed!

When purchasing this PSU there was a lot of negative reviews online about it sounding like a jet engine or making a scraping noise. So far after installation, I haven't been having any of these issues, its actually quieter than the old 600watt Evga i has in my system. I never really care about the rating of a power supply as long as it can power my whole system efficiently. You wont find anything with this level of quality for the price of this. Definitely is a good purchase and is well worth the purchase.

Still useful until now

I have several of these power supply and consider these the best for my needs. Been using them for years. I purchased another one and the fan was making a ticking sound followed by intermittent squeezing noises. I suspect this was just a fluke, but I am returning it. I will still continue to order these power supplies in the future however. Great modular design, usually bullet proof and last for years. I suspect I just received a bad one. Great power supply though. Love them!