Apevia ATX-PR800W Prestige 800W 80+ Gold Certified, RoHS Compliance, Active PFC ATX Gaming Power Supply

Just got it installed and wired. I bought this one because it has four PCIe plugs, seven SATA connections, even has 3 old school IDE connectors. The cabling is wrapped nicely in black mesh, which I didn't expect from a budget unit. It isn't modular, but the wiring is more than long enough for my mid ATX tower. Some ppl said the wiring is too short?? I have a mid tower and I had to curl amd toe back most of it. I guess maybe a full size tower would need creative routing and component placement, but the wiring on this unit is a little longer than standard. I've built many systems- some mine and quite a few for friends and such. These are standard length if not a bit longer. It's hard to find a PSU with more than 4 or 5 SATA connectors for less than 100$. This has 7. I have 5 HDD and 2 DVD writers so I need at least 7 without a hub. I can't hear ot at all. I only hear my case fans and the CPU fan. So far, I'm very happy with it. It is puttimg out nominally about 550W but specs say it can peak short bursts of over 850. IDK about that, I've icky had it for a few hours. Very happy with this purchase. Price is phenomenal for 800W with this many connectors.

Very good price

As just an everyday user, it's quiet and runs my rtx3090 with ease.

Update at the bottom,I bought this unit in December of 2019, and it’s failed 2.5years after. If you do things proper and have rolling hardware upgrades, you’ll be fine. I’m also using most of the units capacity. I also kept the computer rather clean, but it’s impossible to stop all of the dust buildup.So, you get what you pay for, hwinfo said all voltage rails were on the bottom end of Tolerance (12v was at 11.580, 5v was at 4.67)As of 7/3/22, the power supply has died, overheating issue due to fan bearings failing and stalling the fan. Room is filled with musty smell of hot electronics.Would I buy another, for 67 bucks for 800 watts maybe, it didn’t overclock for much but it ran base clocks just fine.Update: I reached out to Apevia through their website as Amazon decided to close the support window before the warranty was up, and they have agreed to send another unit to me under a warranty return. I’ll update when it arrives

It's really hard to write a review for a power supply. It kind of works or it doesn't.I'll admit that I was really feeling the budget crunch when I bought this power supply (Appevia ATX-PR800). I just couldn't swing another $120-$150 for a better known brand. So, I bought the 3-year warranty for $65. Honestly if you get three years out of it it's probably worth it, right?It's a good, solid unit. It is absolutely silent. It has no problem running a mid-high gaming PC based on a 9700K and 1600 Super. For the price it is certainly worth stating that it's gold-certified, so it shouldn't waste power and kill more trees than others. Hey, we should all think of these things, we only have this one planet.It does not have flat cables which I think is a preferred thing now, but what it has is well sleeved and won't cut on a sharp case edge. Perfectly fine. It is not modular, so you have to tuck away those cables that aren't used (I have a rather huge old Lian Li case I still use, so it wasn't a problem for me).Other than the fact that it's so quiet I had to check to see if the fan was spinning it's hard to judge. The only real way to do it is wait and see if it lasts. Considering I'm probably pulling well less that 400 watts from it, I suspect it will be fine.Recommended for those of us on a budget.

Updated review (1 star):I just got around to testing the voltage ripple from 12V from both CPU and GPU.I'll just make this quick.This 1000W PSU has a whopping voltage ripple of 313mV on the 12VHPWR cable and over 400mV for the 12V for the CPU (ATX standards call for a maximum of 120mV on the 12V rails) during Shadow of the Tomb Raider max settings in native 4K (no DLSS). Unacceptable.Like I mentioned on the headline... It was too good to be true. This one is going back to Amazon.Original review (5 stars):This Apevia 1000W PCIe 5.0 80+ Gold certified PSU has been working great for my high end system. It almost sounds too good to be true.I carefully unplugged and removed my old and trusty 2012 XFX PRO 850W XXX Edition Semi-Modular 80 Plus Silver Certified 850 Watt Active PFC Power Supply (Seasonic built) off my system, and just as carefully, organized all necessary cables from this Apevia ATX-PR1000W PCIe 5.0 Prestige 1000W 80+ Gold Certified PSU, plugging in everything into their respective prongs.At first, I could tell this Apevia PSU weighs a lot less than my old XFX PSU. The cables are also a lot more flexible and malleable as well. It's both a good and a bad thing. Good because it makes it for an easier time routing cables inside the case. But also bad because it means the cables themselves are probably thinner (gauge).Naturally, I was VERY hesitant to use such an inexpensive PSU on a very expensive PC: Asus ROG Strix B650E-E motherboard, 32GB DDR5 6000 CL30, Gigabyte RTX 4090 OC, Western Digital SN850X 2TB NVMe drive (plus 3x SATA 512GB 2.5 SSD drives) - and I'm still afraid someday this might blow up and take my expensive parts along with it.Regardless, from my personal testing today, doing all sorts of benchmarks, and stress testing this PSU, I have not seen my entire system pulling more than 750W off the wall. Most of the games, I run in 4K 60Hz to 120Hz (VRR / G-Sync enabled). I see on average 280W-350W to 450W being pulled at the wall. Some game benchmarks at native 4K with DLSS / frame generation disabled, my 4090 can definitely push the system a bit more, and I saw low 700W-720W of total power consumption at the wall.This PSU is completely silent. I hear no hissing or abnormal noises from this PSU. The fans is large, and even at full load, there's just a gentle lukewarm air being exhausted from the back of the PSU.So far, could not smell that stereotypical "new electronic scent" coming from this brand new PSU either.Checking all the voltages with HWiNFO, and this single rail PSU (just like the 200 dollar MSI MPG A1000G PCIE 5, which is also single rail) has REALLY impressed me. All voltages are showing very stable 3.3v, 5v, and 12v numbers, both low and peak voltages are well within acceptable tight tolerances. The average voltages are exactly where they should be, after hours of intense gameplay.My setup is an open case / test bench style PC, and I don't mind this PSU not being a fully modular or semi modular. I simply bundle away the cables I don't need, and just plug in the stuff I do need for my system.One observation is that this Apevia PSU comes with 2x 8-pin male CPU power adapters, but they're bundled into one single ribbon / cable. My particular motherboard make and model does not forbid me from plugging in both 8-pin CPU off the same PSU cable, but I've seen boards from different companies clearly say "DO NOT plug the 8-pin CPU off the same PSU ribbon / cable", as they want two distinct ribbons / cables feeding the CPU. Since this is a single rail design, and I'm not overclocking (and don't intend to overclock) anything in my system, this should be fine.The big highlight of this 1000W Apevia PSU is definitely the 12VHPWR connector. It is SO MUCH BETTER to have a single cable plugging in directly to your GPU. My computer looks so much cleaner now.