INTRODUCTION

    With just a few months left before NVIDIA and AMD officially announce their upcoming GeForce and Radeon graphics cards it just might be the right time for people with older generation power supply units to look for one of the latest ATX 3.0/3.1 & PCIe 5.0/5.1 compliant ones. As I've mentioned in past reviews already even though consumers may actually have a hard time finding a bad ATX 3.0/3.1 & PCIe 5.0/5.1 compliant power supply unit the reality of the matter is that not all manufacturers are equal and so it's always a good thing to choose a model made by one of the leaders in this industry. Through the years thanks to a plethora of successful and award winning models (not to mention being one of the leading PSU OEMs) FSP is without doubt one such manufacturer and today with me I have their Hydro Ti PRO 850W model.

    FSP Group is one of the global leading power supply manufacturers. Since its establishment in 1993, FSP Group has followed the management conception “service, profession, and innovation” to continuously fulfil its responsibilities as a green energy resolution supplier. With the combination of its leading role in power supply technology and the cultivation of green energy field, FSP Group now provides more competitive quality products and makes itself the most reliable partner for customers, consumers, and suppliers with joint creation of maximized values.

     The Hydro Ti PRO line currently includes 850/1000W output models both of which are compliant with all the latest standards (ATX12V V3.0, PCIe 5.0, EPS12V V2.92 and IEC 62368) and are also 80 Plus Titanium efficiency certified (equal or over 94% electrical efficiency at 50% load). The 850W variant which is with me today features a single strong +12V rail (70.83A) capable of delivering 100% of the units’ total power output (850W), peak power output of no less than 988.6W (although once again according to ATX 3.0 specs peak should now be up to 1.7KW for up to 100ms duration – not something i can test however), 5 PCIe 6+2 connectors, active PFC, LLC topology with DC-to-DC technology, 100% Japanese capacitors, fan ECO mode with 0dBA function (fan starts spinning after 50% load), changeable side stickers and interior conformal coating (dust, humidity and stain protection). Once again in terms of warranty FSP covers the Hydro Ti PRO line with a 10-year limited one and as for available protections we find the typical OVP (over-voltage), SCP (short-circuit), OPP (over-power), OCP (over-current) and OTP (over-temperature) ones.