EVGA BR, 80+ Bronze Certified 500W ATX Power Supply

Nothing but love for EGA power supplies. They are great power supplies. I have this power supply. Works well for at least 5 years.Also have the EGA W3 450 running for at least 3 years straight. Quiet and reliable and stable. Would like to see their power supplies to go full modular would be nice for easy cable management.

I was doing a build in a Phanteks Evolv Shift Air and did not like the graphic card fit and SFX power supply using the recommended build layout. There was a lot of wasted space yet the positioning of the small SFX supply still interferred with larger graphics cards. Played with layout and found a modular ATX without cables ALMOST fit where it was completely clear of the graphics card area. Found this supply was about 25mm shorter than standard so would likely fit and hopefully have not too sharp a bend on the non-modular cables, so decided to give it a try. And since I have been happy with my EVGA 850 &1200 on other builds, the brand quality was a bonus if it fit. Although it was tight and required a slight modification to the case since the plug landed in a non-planned location, it did work well. The flex on the cables was good and caused no worries in the bends need to route them in the tight clearance. Still working on modifying the non-standard GPU mount bracket to use a standard right facing riser cable, but the power supply is clear of the area once it's done.If a standard ATX supply is just a bit too long for your build, the more compact size of this quality EVGA supply will likely help.

Great buy for the money

People might wonder what's the difference between a "high end" PSU (power supply) like an EVGA unit vs a cheaper one like, say, a RaidMax Bronze 635 watt, which is what I got this EVGA B5 550 watt to replace. And let me tell you, you can literally FEEL the difference. The materials of higher quality capacitors are much DENSER and therefore HEAVIER than the same sized and rated capacitors of a lower quality power supply, or even a higher rated one, so many higher quality PSUs will be heavier than cheaper, lower quality ones. While weight isn't always an indicator, the simple fact is that the denser coils and capacitor materials used to make better power supplies simply end up weighing more. This also gives the unit quite a bit of HEFT that makes it feel good in the hands.The clips on both ends of the modular cables were also very good quality, clipping in easily once I was able to get a light on to see them clearly within the poor visibility of my case. Which IS NOT the fault of the PSU. I ended up using all but one of the cables, the included molex connection one. The cables also connected to my ColorfulMod brand extensions PERFECTLY and with a satisfying click, unlike those on the cheap and low quality RaidMax, where even after forcing the connections together, the cords still didn't connect fully. The black sleeving and black rubber insulation of the cables means you don't need to purchase extensions to make your build look good, however.Only complaint is about the length of the sata power cable connections, but they are the standard length for an atx PSU so my issues is with the standard connection length, and for the low cost of a quality unit, I don't expect them to include sata power extensions, and not sure EVGA even makes their own in-house Sata power extensions, though I haven't checked. If they do and you have case accessories or drives that need sata power spread across your case, buy them, if they don't make in-house extensions, make sure to get good quality ones to match the excellent quality of their cables.The VGA cable DOES have a built in split for hooking up a 16-pin, 12-pin, or 14 pin Graphics card as well as 8 or 6 pin, or for plugging in extensions to do so, which is a great feature, I was worried I was limited in choice of graphics cards and might have to return the unit and get a higher rated on with another VGA cable connector, but glad I see I don't have to. This is a VERY good 550 watt power supply, and if using a 65w CPU (like many AMD Ryzen 5 chips), can probably easily provide enough power for a 3070 and the rest of your computer. The 600/650 recommendation is mostly for CPU overclocking..or Intel, or 120w base power using CPUs, so this is worth looking at if you are building a new pc, upgrading an older pc with a very old PSU and want to go modular, and ESPECIALLY if you want to put a power supply in a prebuilt gaming pc you purchased that has a unit in it that has a possibly non-rated or supposedly rated psu from a company you can't find any information on.