A Detailed Look
The FSP Hydro G 850W power supply enclosure is painted satin black with light gray lettering. It features color coordinated labels for the side panels to suit your particular builds color scheme. The PSU comes with blue labels attached but you can choose to alternately apply red or green ones (adhesive backed).
The 850W unit measures 170mm (6.7”) deep. The back panel includes an On-Off switch, AC receptacle and large asymmetrical fan grill openings for good exhaust airflow.
The power supply uses a 135mm Power Logic fan (PLA13525S12M) that incorporates a fluid dynamic bearing for quiet operation and long, reliable life. The fan is rated for up to 0.40A and 2000 rpm at 12 VDC. The Hydro G 850W power supply uses FSP’s intelligent fan speed controller that allows silent fan-less operation at low power.
The front panel includes eleven connectors for the modular cables, all nicely labeled.
The Hydro G 850W power supply comes with a basic assortment of ten fully modular cables for easy installation and clean builds. All of the cables are the flat ribbon-style. AS we noted before, notably missing was a second EPS 8-pin cable/connector. And even though not everyone needs one of these, at the 850W power level we would expect one to be included.
Under the Hood
Here are a few pictures showing the layout and components inside the Hydro G 850W power supply. Of course FSP Group Inc. is the OEM! The layout appears a bit cluttered but the soldering, component selection and build quality are excellent.
FSP is using a modern, high-performance LLC, Synchronous Rectification power conversion design along with DC-to-DC voltage regulators located on a daughter card to provide tight voltage regulation and high efficiency.
All of the Japanese made electrolytic capacitors are rated for 105°C operation and the two primary filter caps are made by Nippon Chemi-Con and rated for 330 uF, 420V, and 105°C. The numerous solid polymer caps are supplied by Teapo.
Why would you brand something
Why would you brand something “Hydro” when it has no provision for watercooling? We sadly haven’t seen a WC-capable PSU for quite some time.
There hasnt been a need for
There hasnt been a need for watercooling PSU these days with higher efficiency components used.
For ATX monsters maybe, but
For ATX monsters maybe, but if you want something more compact (e.g. SFX, FlexATX) where you are limited in maximum fan size by case dimensions, being able to offload cooling for the system to a central radiator is a huge benefit for noise and case volume.
maybe it’s me, but using
maybe it’s me, but using water as a name for a power supply just doesn’t sound right.
I thought maybe it was a
I thought maybe it was a liquid cooled power supply. Just what I need in my system, more radiators and fans.
In fact FSP already has
In fact FSP already has liquid cooled PSU and it is called HYYDRO PTM+
Just a note if anyone is
Just a note if anyone is reading this, I bought this PSU a week ago and it came with two 8 pin CPU connectors.Both on one cable, first one is 8 pin, second is 4+4. Around 15 cm between them.