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I ordered the EVGA 220-T2-1600-X1 its the highest model.Ill be powerin 2 antminer S5's with it. the specs say:

Heavy-duty protections, including:
OVP (Over Voltage Protection)
UVP (Under Voltage Protection)
OCP (Over Current Protection)
OPP (Over Power Protection)
SCP (Short Circuit Protection)
OTP (Over Temperature Protection)

does this mean i dont need a surge protector and can just plug directly into an outlet?

Sorry, dont know a lot about power supplies....

I would use surge protection.  If the power supply has surge protection, which you didn't list, once that protection is destroyed with a surge the equipment is still down.  In device surge protection alone isn't a good idea, in my opinion.  So get a good surge protector.

  What volts do you feed it ? 120 or 240?

that psu works far better on 240 watts.

So if you are feeding it 120 you are better off with the evga 1300  model.

as for surge protection I have whole house  protection installed at my circuit box

120v, I have someone coming to installed outlets/breakers in my basement. all the outlets and surge protectors i can find have the euro plugs. the power supply i bought has US plug on it. i would run 240 volt, but i dont have the right cable.

Just replace the plug to EU one  :)

I would do a whole house surge protection, pretty cheap and much more efficient.

Should be ok but to be fair with using mining equipment it is always good practice and will serve you good in unlikely events to have surge protectors.

Have done me proud when town had a fairly bad weather power tripped luckily I had surge protectors across all my units and PC. Had number of people within the flats come out wondering what had gone on due to power going across the street. Spoke to few of the locals one had new TV blown or something go on tv along with cable box and few other items. Having is always good in any situation weather bad or not as vamping the voltage up across a circuit depending on how old house or flat is could over do it n end up with a nice re wire.

It's always a good idea to have surge protection on all but the cheapest of computer equipment.  There's not reason not to as surge protectors are relatively cheap, especially considering the cost of the equipment.

All electronics have that robust protection.  Your concern is a transients (maybe once every seven years) that may overwhelm that existing protection.

Adjacent protectors have a history of compromising (bypassing) protection already inside that PSU.  A completely different solution (also called a surge protector) connects destructive transients to earth BEFORE it can enter.

If your PSU needs protection, then so does all other household appliances.  Informed consumers earth a 'whole house' protector.  Even a power strip or UPS protector needs that protection.

Effective protectors make direct lightning strikes irrelevant.  Lightning may be 20,000 amps.  So a minimal 'whole house' protector is 50,000 amps.  This will cost about $1 per protected appliance.  How much was that lesser power strip or UPS protector?

Protectors do not do protection.  Protection is provided by what harmlessly absorbs hundreds of thousandis of joules.  A 'whole house' solution is effective when connected low impedance (ie 'less than 10 feet') to an upgraded earth ground: single point earth ground.  Most important component in any protection system (to even protect that PSU) is what any effective protector connects to - single point earth ground.  That (and not a protector) is the 'art' of protection.