FSP Hydro Ti Pro 1000w 80 PLUS Titanium ATX 3.0 PSU Review

TweakTown's Rating: 99%

The Bottom Line

While offering excellent performance and high components and design, FSP has a new king of the 1K PSU - the Hydro Ti Pro 1000w.

Pros

• + 10 year warranty and 80 PLUS Titanium-rated
• + Cybenetics Titanium and A++ rated
• + 100% Japanese bulk capacitors
• + Compact design and 135mm fan is practically silent
• + High quality and high performance

Cons

• - Expensive compared to the Platinum 1000w model

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Introduction, Specifications, and Pricing

FSP focuses most of its energy on producing quality ATX power supplies and has sent over its Hydro Ti Pro 1000w ATX 3.0 PSU, which is also 80 PLUS Titanium rated. A 10-year warranty backs up the incredibly compact design, which measures 170mm x 150mm x 86mm, along with the addition of the new 12V-2x6 cable standard.

The MSRP is priced at $300, however, it is currently listed at $260 on Amazon at the time of writing. The Hydro Ti Pro will put a sizable dent into your wallet, but it should be able to last through a few builds. Let's take out the Hydro Ti Pro 1000w ATX 3.0 PSU and see what it can do.

FSP Hydro Ti Pro 1000w 80 PLUS Titanium ATX 3.0 PSU

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Packaging

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FSP has sent out the Hydro Ti Pro 1000w ATX 3.0 PSU in a plain, understated brown cardboard box with black writing.

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Opening the plain brown cardboard box reveals a more colorful, descriptive, and informational product box.

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The backside of the product box shows a lot more information, such as the dimensions, features, and the Cybenetics A++ Noise Level Certification, which indicates that the Hydro Ti Pro has a fan noise level of under 15dBa.

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This side of the Hydro Ti Pro's product box shows all the connectors and the number of connections.

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The other side of the product box shows the Hydro Ti Pro's direct AC/DC specifications. 83.33 amps on the single 12V rail make for a max combined power of 1000w. Acoustic noise is also charted here, with the best ratings from 0% to around 55% with 0dBa, while the highest point is just a hair over 25dBa at 100% load. Lastly, the Hydro Ti Pro's efficiency, which is not shown here, peaks at a 50% load, which we will test later in the review.

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All the badges FSP has placed in the lower left corner of the product box show that this PSU is robust and backed by FSP's 10-year warranty.

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Opening the box, we are greeted with high-density black foam on the left, protecting the Hydro Ti Pro, while the right side holds all the needed cabling. FSP's slogan, "Power Never Ends," is also printed on this leaflet.

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Upon removing the cabling bag, I noticed no black vinyl bag, which would have made for a much better presentation. I also removed the few accessories that FSP has included:

• A few Velcro cable straps
• Four PSU mounting thumbscrews
• Instructions
• A few black zip ties
• Dummy 24-pin ATX connector

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All the cabling is laid out, mostly flat ribbon cabling, except the 24-pin motherboard and 12V-2x6 cable, which have black sleeving.

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Moving the Hydro Ti Pro ATX 3.0 PSU itself, it is encased in a black high-density foam sandwich, ensuring great protection while in transit.

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Wrapping up the packaging, the Hydro Ti Pro comes wrapped in clear plastic to aid protection.

Outside the FSP Hydro Ti Pro 1000w Titanium ATX 3.0 PSU

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Now that all the packing materials have been removed from the Hydro Ti Pro, we can see how compact this PSU is. Colored in a black/gray combo tone, it has a very industrial vibe.

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This side shows the grille that protects the 135mm Fluid Dynamic Bearing fan that FSP has chosen to use here. We'll discuss the fan later in the review.

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The cable input side of the Hydro Ti Pro shows four peripheral ports in the top left corner. In the center are four 8-pin PCIe cable inputs, with a single 12V-2x6 connection that can deliver up to 600 watts. The bottom row has two 8-pin EPS CPU ports and 12-pin and 18-pin ports that comprise the 24-pin motherboard cable input.

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The nomenclature side of the FSP Hydro Ti Pro 1000w ATX 3.0 PSU. The single 12V rail has 83.33 amps and is available for a full system.

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This side of the Hydro Ti Pro PSU allows users to customize the look with a few included side stickers.

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The rear of the FSP Hydro Ti Pro 1000w ATX 3.0 PSU is typical for FSP, power input, power rocker switch, and an ECO on/off switch. Hexagonal ventilation ensures the 135mm can exhaust the hot air.

Inside the FSP Hydro Ti Pro 1000w Titanium ATX 3.0 PSU

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Removing the four small screws holding the top plate of the Hydro Ti Pro exposes the 135mm Fluid Dynamic Bearing fan. Made by Protechnic Electric, the model number is MGA13512XF-A25; this 135mm cooling fan runs on D.C. 12V with .38 amps.

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Now, we are looking at the main design of the Hydro Ti Pro platform, which FSP is the OEM. This design is a full bridge LLC on the primary side with synchronous rectification and DC-DC converters on the secondary side.

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The two bulk capacitors, made by Nippon Chemi-Con, are 100% Japanese, have a total capacity of 1010µF at 450V, and are made to the 105C specification.

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The main transformer of the FSP Hydro Ti Pro 1000w is well-understated but enough to handle every load in strides.

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Here, the VRMs are neatly tucked away on the side.

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The five secondary filtering capacitors, again made by Nippon Chemi-Con, are rated for up to 105C.

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Finally, the coil is in the APFC section of the FSP Hydro Ti Pro 1000w ATX 3.0 PSU. Next, the FSP Hydro Ti Pro 1000w ATX 3.0 PSU is installed into the PSU test system, and its efficiency is observed.

Test System, Installation, and Finished Product

• Motherboard: B650 AORUS Elite AX (AMD B650) - Buy from Amazon
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X - Buy from Amazon
• Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 - Buy from Amazon
• Memory: Patriot Viper Venom 32GB DDR5 5600 RGB - Buy from Amazon
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA RTX 3090 Founders Edition - Buy from Amazon
• Storage: Corsair MP600 PRO XT Gen4 PCIe x4 NVMe M.2 SSD - Buy from Amazon
• Case: be quiet! Dark Base 700 - Buy from Amazon
• Power Supply: FSP Hydro Ti Pro 1000w ATX 3.0 PSU - Buy from Amazon
• OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 64-bit Build 22621 - Buy from Amazon
• Software: AIDA64 Engineer v7.20.6800, CPU-z 2.09.0 x64. GPU-Z 2.59.0, and HWiNFO64 v8.02-5440

Final Thoughts

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I will again use the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU for this review. The Ryzen 9 7950X was set to 1.26v for vcore to keep the temperatures in check. However, the 16-core CPU could keep a 5 GHz boost clock for most of the test period. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X wattage ran up to about 162 watts, which included the CPU package power. The AM5 motherboard used here is a B650 AORUS Elite A.X., for RAM 32GB of Viper Venom DDR5-5600 from Patriot.

An NVIDIA RTX 3090 FE was power limited at 75% via MSI Afterburner. On average, the NVIDIA RTX 3090 FE drew around 257 watts, the motherboard, the B650 AORUS Elite A.X., the three 120mm AIO fans, the AIO pump itself, and three bequiet! Silent Wings 4 Pro 140mm fans drew approximately 63 watts total, measured from pins 24 (ground) and 11 (+12V1) using a digital multimeter. The power drawn from the wall was measured with a Killawatt P3 digital electrical usage monitor, which read between 497 and 507 watts during the duration of the testing.

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The total wattage reported from HWiNFO64 was 419 watts drawn between the CPU and GPU, then adding about 63 watts from the motherboard, three 140mm fans, the three 120mm fans on the AIO, and lastly, the AIO pump. Doing some math, 482 divided into 502 (low/high average) makes for 96% efficiency at a 50% PSU load, which is impressive. The FSP takes the 1000w PSU crown with the Hydro Ti Pro 1000w, and all hail to the King. The FDB 135mm fan was not audible compared to the rest of the system fans in the test system; however, the fan has a zero spin-up profile until a 50% PSU load, so there was no reason to be concerned.

This testing was done over 25 hours by running the Aida 64 Engineer's System Stability Test. Other monitoring software that was used was HWiNFO64 v8.04-5470, TechPowerUp GPU-Z v2.59.0, CPU-Z 2.10.0.x64, and MSI Afterburner v4.6.4.16255.

In conclusion, what FSP has done with the Hydro Ti Pro 1000w ATX 3.0 PSU is amazing. The pricing is also unheard of: $260 for an 80 PLUS Titanium-rated ATX 3.0 on Amazon, so I would jump on that. Remember, peeps, don't skimp on your PSU when building; it's just as important as your GPU and CPU. Seriously, this PSU is just that good.