EVGA 500B 500W Power Supply Review Introduction

 It appears that today every company wants a piece of the PSU market cake. Almost every large manufacturer of anything computer-related has been trying to diversify towards that segment of the market. EVGA, renowned as a GFX card maker, is no exception. Not too long ago they presented several high-performance units, aiming towards enthusiasts and overclockers.

Today we are having a look at their first attempt to enter the lower segments of the PSU market with a value-oriented product, the 500B. With a MSRP of $49.99 and a street price of $34.99 + shipping (after rebate), it appears to be quite a deal for the features that the company claims it offers. How about its quality and performance though? We will be putting those to the test in this review.

 EVGA 500B features and specifications

Apparently EVGA’s webpage could use some updating, as it appears to be promoting this unit as a “fully modular” model with “all-Japanese capacitors”, which is not true.

• Ultra quiet 120mm fan
• Up to 40A on the 12V rail
• OVP/OPP/SCP/OCP/UVP
• Up to 500W at 40°C
• MTBF >100.000 hours
• 3 year warranty
• 80Plus Bronze
• APFC
• Compliance with ErP Lot 6, year 2013

AC INPUT	100-240 VAC, 15A, 50-60 Hz
RAIL	+5V	+3.3V	+12V	-12V	+5Vsb
MAX OUTPUT	24A	20A	40A	3A	0.3A
	120W		480W	3.6W	15W
TOTAL	500W @ +50C