All the reviews on this kind of scared me but I said for the price I have to check it out. It powers my 5070ti with no problems and no smells etc. I can’t honestly fathom how people have issues with this product unless they really don’t know what they’re doing. Been building computers for 20 years. There’s no reason you shouldn’t pick this up.
John · 2025-12-19 · via amazon
★★★★★Working as intented
Working as intended. Let see how long this one last
Wen chen · 2026-02-24 · via amazon
★★★★★Quiet and runs my rtx 3090
As just an everyday user, it's quiet and runs my rtx3090 with ease.
Amazon Customer · 2025-04-28 · via amazon
★★★★★It sounded too good to be true. Ended up being too good to be true. 313mv 12VHPWR voltage ripple.
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.
Amazonian Flier · 2023-03-26 · via amazon
★★★★★Great price and value.
Bought this psu for the value. The wattage, brand, and gold rating. But I accidentally bought the larger 1000w unit.. kinda glad I did. Now I don't have to worry about stressing it ever. Lol.
