Aresgame Power supply on Amazon

Jul 24th, 2021 11:32 am

#1

carmaster [OP]: Deal Expert; Jun 30, 2006; 20941 posts; 9542 upvotes; Toronto

Jul 24th, 2021 11:32 am

What are people's thoughts on this brand? It's highly rated a 750W/Gold/10 year Warranty/Fully Modular for $60 seems like a good price.

https://www.amazon.ca/ARESGAME-Power-Su ... =8-38&th=1

Jul 24th, 2021 11:40 am

#2

alpovs: Deal Fanatic; Sep 16, 2013; 8245 posts; 5966 upvotes; SW ON

Jul 24th, 2021 11:40 am

Highly rated by whom? I've never heard of this brand. How can it be highly rated?

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Jul 24th, 2021 11:45 am

#3

M1K3Z0R: Deal Fanatic; May 11, 2009; 8185 posts; 5088 upvotes; Trudostan

Jul 24th, 2021 11:45 am

"If it sounds too good to be true..." and "You get what you pay for".

Might not be total garbage, but expect caveats and cut corners. 10 year warranty may not be worth the paper its printed on if the CS sucks or doesn't exist, and if the "company" disappears in that time.

Lots of paid promotion reviews are just one red flag, amazon is really bad for this. I wouldn't touch it unless there's a thorough teardown review from trusted reviewers that review power supplies (JohnnyGuru, HardOCP, Anandtech etc. If you can't find reviews for it I would avoid it.

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+4

Jul 24th, 2021 12:05 pm

#4

ChubChub: Deal Addict; Oct 9, 2010; 3139 posts; 1323 upvotes; Windsor

Jul 24th, 2021 12:05 pm

carmaster wrote: ↑ What are people's thoughts on this brand? It's highly rated a 750W/Gold/10 year Warranty/Fully Modular for $60 seems like a good price.

https://www.amazon.ca/ARESGAME-Power-Su ... =8-38&th=1

I'd ignore that warrantee; I doubt it's worth much. After that, you're looking at a cheap 750w power supply. If your computer actually needs 750w, chances are there are some pretty expensive components inside. I'd spend the extra $40 to give those parts the best chance of not being obliterated by a basic PSU.

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Jul 24th, 2021 12:26 pm

#5

kramer1: Deal Addict; Apr 29, 2018; 2968 posts; 2262 upvotes; Vancouver

Jul 24th, 2021 12:26 pm

Seems to be a decent brand. Several people on this forum said they use one and it works great for them. Here is a reddit thread, where some guy claims to have checked the internals on one of them - https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/ ... 9_650w_80/

Personally, I would trust the higher end PSU of this brand, more than a cheapo supply by EVGA/Antec/etc.

I have a GAMDIAS PSU in my machine and it is now nearly 3 yrs old. Works excellent.

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Jul 24th, 2021 1:05 pm

#6

someone16: Deal Addict; Jul 19, 2004; 1607 posts; 971 upvotes; Vancouver

Jul 24th, 2021 1:05 pm

Yea, without proper reviews no one can really tell you if it is good or not. Even power supplies from big brand names can be duds. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be reviews from tech websites. Though from what I gather it's an OEM trying to go into retail with this brand name.

Also depends what you are trying to power. If you've got a real expensive video card then you might as well spend a bit more for a well-reviewed unit.

Jul 24th, 2021 1:08 pm

#7

someone16: Deal Addict; Jul 19, 2004; 1607 posts; 971 upvotes; Vancouver

Jul 24th, 2021 1:08 pm

alpovs wrote: ↑ Highly rated by whom? I've never heard of this brand. How can it be highly rated?

Reminds me of this tech Youtuber that thought a Channelwell power supply was bad because he has never heard of it.

Jul 24th, 2021 1:38 pm

#8

alpovs: Deal Fanatic; Sep 16, 2013; 8245 posts; 5966 upvotes; SW ON

Jul 24th, 2021 1:38 pm

kramer1 wrote: ↑ Personally, I would trust the higher end PSU of this brand, more than a cheapo supply by EVGA/Antec/etc.

This one looks like EVGA to me, the branding, color pattern etc.

Jul 24th, 2021 1:40 pm

#9

alpovs: Deal Fanatic; Sep 16, 2013; 8245 posts; 5966 upvotes; SW ON

Jul 24th, 2021 1:40 pm

This storefront ARESGAME DIRECT has only 2 reviews fron June and July 2021 and sells only this power supply and nothing else: https://www.amazon.ca/sp?_encoding=UTF8&asin=&isAmazonFulfilled=1&isCBA=&marketplaceID=A2EUQ1WTGCTBG2&orderID=&protocol=current&seller=A10XN2ELIG0UGX&sshmPath=

And the PSU reviews started to appear in February 2021 in Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/ARESGAME-Power-Supply-750W-Fully-Modular/product-reviews/B08SW1RG5C/ref=cm_cr_getr_d_paging_btm_prev_50?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&sortBy=recent&pageNumber=50

Can this be trusted?..

Jul 24th, 2021 1:53 pm

#10

alpovs: Deal Fanatic; Sep 16, 2013; 8245 posts; 5966 upvotes; SW ON

Jul 24th, 2021 1:53 pm

alpovs wrote: ↑Highly rated by whom? I've never heard of this brand. How can it be highly rated?

someone16 wrote: ↑ Reminds me of this tech Youtuber that thought a Channelwell power supply was bad because he has never heard of it.

I don't see any logical connection between what I wrote and your response. Besides, how many "highly rated" things did you miss in your life by never hearing of them while being your hobby? I bet none.

Jul 24th, 2021 1:54 pm

#11

alpovs: Deal Fanatic; Sep 16, 2013; 8245 posts; 5966 upvotes; SW ON

Jul 24th, 2021 1:54 pm

"amazon reviews - if you leave a good review they send you a free RGB mousepad... hmm, I wonder why they getting so many good reviews?"
"i went on a hunt and found they have a bunch of youtubers make videos that all seemed to hit same points but none actually test PSU for an extended time."

Jul 24th, 2021 2:21 pm

#12

carmaster [OP]: Deal Expert; Jun 30, 2006; 20941 posts; 9542 upvotes; Toronto

Jul 24th, 2021 2:21 pm

Ya I had ordered the EVGA 600W Bronze but came across this and was intrigued.

Jul 24th, 2021 9:58 pm

#13

lead: Deal Guru; Nov 21, 2002; 11742 posts; 4119 upvotes; Winnipeg

Jul 24th, 2021 9:58 pm

alpovs wrote: ↑ Highly rated by whom? I've never heard of this brand. How can it be highly rated?

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+1

Jul 24th, 2021 10:03 pm

#14

aaron158: Deal Addict; Nov 25, 2004; 4379 posts; 3249 upvotes; London

Jul 24th, 2021 10:03 pm

companies website https://www.aresgame.com/POWER.php its so basic all it pretty much has is a list of the psus and coolers they sell. no about us page talking about the company no warranty page talking about there warranty process or terms. they dont even have support phone number its email only.

$60-80 for a 750w 80+ gold is just to cheap should be more like $100-150

Jul 24th, 2021 10:29 pm

#15

heyyahblah: Deal Addict; Dec 1, 2010; 2461 posts; 1475 upvotes; GTA

Jul 24th, 2021 10:29 pm

ARSE GAME, fixed the typo in the branding. Now it can be trusted.

https://www.amazon.ca/EVGA-Modular-Warranty-Supply-210-GQ-0750-V1/dp/B005BE058W?th=1
$40 more gets you a real 10 year warranty

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Jul 25th, 2021 1:10 pm

#16

Keigotw: Deal Expert; Mar 25, 2003; 17004 posts; 5494 upvotes; Markham

Jul 25th, 2021 1:10 pm

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads ... y.3674079/

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Jul 25th, 2021 2:09 pm

#17

alpovs: Deal Fanatic; Sep 16, 2013; 8245 posts; 5966 upvotes; SW ON

Jul 25th, 2021 2:09 pm

Keigotw wrote: ↑https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads ... y.3674079/

alpovs wrote: ↑ "amazon reviews - if you leave a good review they send you a free RGB mousepad... hmm, I wonder why they getting so many good reviews?"
"i went on a hunt and found they have a bunch of youtubers make videos that all seemed to hit same points but none actually test PSU for an extended time."

Aug 30th, 2021 4:48 pm

#18

Dhanushan: Deal Expert; Jun 20, 2020; 18937 posts; 26618 upvotes; Toronto

Aug 30th, 2021 4:48 pm

Top Amazon PSU Falsely Claimed 80 Plus Gold (But It Didn't Explode) - AresGame AGS850

We bought one of the best-selling power supplies on Amazon, the AresGame AGS850 80 Plus Gold, and found it doesn't meet the requirements of 80 Plus Gold. It didn't explode, though!

The AresGame AGS850 is one of the cheapest 80 Plus Gold power supplies on the market -- but the "80 Plus Gold" is in name only, and the manufacturer knows it. There are some upsides, however, like the PSU's protections passing our testing in a non-Gigabyte-like fashion and the PSU generally working and being cheap-ish -- but it certainly isn't an 80 Plus Gold unit. This power supply is among the top PSUs on Amazon for a gaming PC, and is one of the best selling "80 Plus Gold" ATX PSUs. As such, we wanted to buy it and see if it's any good. There are some upsides and some downsides alike, landing us in more traditional review territory with a lot of educational and informational background to learn more about PSUs. It was odd to do this one, since the manufacturer didn't fight us when we emailed and instead said it realized its "mistake" (if it wasn't intentional) and began reverting its advertising to simply "80 Plus" -- but it still retains the pagerank, and that's not good.

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