FSP Vita GM 1000w 80 PLUS Gold ATX 3.1 PSU Review

TweakTown Rating: 92%

Our Verdict

FSP has launched its newest ATX 3.1 PSU, the Vita GM, which still holds the same quality as other FSP PSUs while being easy on the wallet.

Pros

• Compact design
• FSP quality
• 10-year warranty

Cons

• Low capacitor microfarad capacity for wattage

Should you buy it?

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Introduction, Specifications, and Pricing

FSP, which is known for making great quality PSUs, has just sent over one of their newest, the Vita GM 1000w ATX 3.1 80 PLUS Gold-rated PSU. The Vita GM 1000w is aimed at a more budget-minded buyer than other buyers looking for higher-quality power supplies. With that said, has FSP gone too far, making the Vita GM cheaper but sacrificing quality? The Vita GM 1000w is priced at $159.99, which is the going rate these days. So why don't we take the Vita GM 1000w out for a spin and see how it handles?

A quick look at the FSP Vita GM 1000w

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Packaging

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The packaging that the Vita GM 1000W comes in has a picture of the Vita GM itself and some key features, as pointed out on the lower left-hand side. An 80 PLUS Gold rating is in the upper right corner, and the FSP logo is in the upper left corner.

Key Features of the FSP Vita 1000W ATX 3.1 PSU:

• Japanese Bulk Cap
• Fully Modular
• 10 Year Warranty

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The rear of the packaging on the Vita GM shows tons of useful information such as acoustic noise, efficiency, and cable information.

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On one of the long sides of the Vita GM packaging, FSP places more key features such as compliance with ATX12V V3.1 & EPS12V V2.92, efficiency greater than 90% at typical load, 105C Japanese bulk capacitor, 120mm hydraulic bearing (HYB) fan, fully modular cabling design, and complete protections: OC, OVP, SCP, OPP, UVP, and OTP.

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The Vita GM comes in a plastic bag, but no foam was inside for added protection, which seems to be a cost-saving measure that FSP used to keep the pricing down.

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Here is all the cabling that comes with the Vita GM, which is fully modular. Again, another cost-saving measure that FSP took was not to place any cables inside a bag.

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The last thing inside the packaging of the Vita GM is the manual, a sheet with all Chinese on it, velcro cable ties, installation screws, and a PSU jumper.

Outside the FSP Vita GM 1000w ATX 3.1 PSU

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Now, getting a good look at the fan grill side of the Vita GM, we can slightly see the 120mm HYB fan and more on that fan later.

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The cable input side of the Vita GM shows three 5-pin peripheral connections on the upper left, and to the right are two 8-pin EPS CPU connections. Next up are only 2 8-pin PCIe connections, while the 12V-2x6 is to the right in the upper right corner. Lastly, the two motherboard cable inputs are left at the bottom right.

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Look at the big sticker on the underside, which shows all the technical information about the Vita GM.

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The rear of the Vita GM shows a very familiar site from FSP with hexagonal ventilation for the majority with the C13 power input and power rocker. Lastly, the "Power Never Ends" slogan.

Inside the FSP Vita GM 1000w ATX 3.1 PSU

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Now, getting to the guts of the Vita GM, we start with the 120mm fan, which Yate Loon makes. Seeing this fan reminds me of my early days of custom watercooling. Ah, good times. This Yate Loon fan, D12H-12, runs on 12V with .30a.

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Here is an overhead view of the internals of the Vita GM, showing a single large capacitor, what looks to be an electrically wrapped PFC, a main transformer, a coil, and a few other components.

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The primary and only capacitor, which is from Nippon Chemi-Con, rated for 450v with 680 microfarads, seems relatively small for a 1K power supply these days.

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Moving on to the main transformer, which is wrapped in a yellow tape of sorts.

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Rounding out the internals of the Vita GM, the VRMs are located next to the main transformer.

Test System, Installation, and Finished Product

Final Thoughts

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Now, using the PSU test bench for this review, the CPU, which is the Ryzen 9 7950X, was set to 1.32v vcore to allow the CPU cores to stay around a 5GHz clock speed. The 16-core, 32-threaded CPU maintained a 5GHz clock during the test period, while the wattage ran up to 179.8 watts but averaged out to about 174.4 watts. The AM5 motherboard used here is the B650 AORUS Elite AX, while the test RAM was from Patriot. Specifically, the Viper Venom runs at DDR5-5600M/t. The NVIDIA RTX 3090 FE test GPU was power limited at 70% via the NVIDIA App to control the GPU wattage.

On average, the NVIDIA RTX 3090 FE drew on about 209.38 watts; however, it peaked at 211.8 watts. The power drawn from the wall was measured using a Killawatt P3 digital electrical usage monitor, reading the total system wattage, which read between 495 and 500 watts during the testing, with the average usage being 497 watts. For efficiency, the Vita GM 1000 was spot on at 92% efficiency. Remember, the 80 PLUS Gold rating only requires a PSU to be 92% efficient at a 50% load. Great job, FSP!

All testing was completed using Aida64 Engineer's System Stability Test version v7.60.7000 for over 8 hours; the ambient temperature was 23C. Other monitoring software used was HWiNFO64 v8.16-5600, TechPowerUp GPU-Z v2.63.0, and CPU-Z 2.12.0.x64.

So, in closing, What FSP has done with the Vita GM 1000w ATX 3.1 PS is fantastic. Being compact yet efficient enough to power a complete high-end system with an RTX 5090 is quite an achievement. Pricing for the Vita is competitive enough to warrant paying the price tag of $159.99, which offers such a comprehensive 10-year warranty over competitors' cheaper models that only, by comparison, typically offer a 5-year warranty.