FSP Hydro GE 550W 80 PLUS Gold Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply

I bought this when I built my new computer this last month. When I was researching which power supply to get, I know I wanted Quiet, Gold Cert, good Watts, and it had to be fully modular. I really liked the reviews this power supply got and decided on this one.Right off the bad this power supply is a very good buy, it is everything I wanted and more. The fan rarely if ever even spins up and only when it gets hot or is under load. The cables that came with it were actually decent solid black for stock cables, More on that later though…… And so far, I have had nothing but good experiences from this power supply. Of course, this is early and if anything does happen to it then I will be updating this review.Now I will tell you what I liked and disliked about this FSP Group Hydro G HG850 850WPros:1. Aesthetically pleasing, Stickers were included to help with my color matching on my build.2. Almost dead quiet all the time3. Fully Modular is very nice to keep away cable clutter in my caseCons:1. They do not make custom cables for this power supply, I was able to find some on Cablemod but after all said and done, I ended up paying a heavy premium.Final Thoughts: It’s a Power supply, it is designed to do one thing, power your system and keep it safe. Over 10 years building computers and the one thing I tell anyone who is just starting out. Never cheap out on your power supply. In the long run, it just will not be worth it. The fact that this product advertises as CrossFire ready is a joke too, All that means simply is they have 2 “VGA” PCI-E slots for cables.When shopping for a power supply, if you are planning on doing anything over the top, I’d recommend Gold Certified and anything above 600W, if you are a normal consumer that just wants to play some games and do simply web browsing, then this is overkill. Get a Bronze Cert 500w power supply that is semi modular and save yourself 60 bucks for other upgrades. Like this one: CORSAIR CXM series CX550M 550W 80 PLUS BRONZE Haswell Ready ATX12V & EPS12V Modular Power Supply

PSUs are one of those strange things for me because I don't consider them amazing by nature, but they are extremely important to enthusiast pc builds. This thing is gorgeous and smells like a new car...Cables are very subdued and ribbon is awesome for being small and bendable, people tend to like braided, but don't realize it's harder to cable manage them. Plenty of extra cables with strong connection locks. Extremely tough and well made with very quiet noise, in fact, my 22db case fans are almost always louder, so it's quieter than they advertise. FSP is still one of the oldest and best psu makers and are oem for tons of different manufacturers, so you are getting a trusted name and experienced company. I can't justify other manufacturers prices for what you get. It's also packaged better than anything else I bought, kind of strange to praise, but important because it shows care from fsp.

So far it is perfect on my build. I haven't run into any glaring problems but this was also my first build so I may be missing something.

one had one review when i purchased this, so i decided to give it a shot.. im glad i did. packaging was fancy (right up intil i threw it away lmao), very quiet, no hiccups, everything is sturdy.stickers were a nice touch too. my case has a window, and damn near everything is MSI in my build. adding the red dragon sticker just brings it all together with my LED's. this PSU is awesome