Seasonic Focus GX-1000 V4 ATX v3.1 PSU Review

Load Regulation

Test 12V 5V 3.3V 5VSB DC/AC (Watts) Efficiency Fan Speed (RPM) PSU Noise (dB[A]) Temps (In/Out) PF/AC Volts
10% 6.492A 1.983A 1.982A 0.997A 99.978 87.316% 0 <6.0 48.14°C 0.941
12.074V 5.042V 3.33V 5.017V 114.504 40.03°C 114.83V
20% 14.036A 2.977A 2.976A 1.2A 199.921 90.699% 0 <6.0 48.65°C 0.963
12.043V 5.039V 3.327V 5V 220.422 40.85°C 114.8V
30% 21.924A 3.475A 3.475A 1.405A 299.968 91.285% 0 <6.0 50.16°C 0.975
12.038V 5.037V 3.324V 4.983V 328.608 41.1°C 114.76V
40% 29.762A 3.973A 3.975A 1.611A 399.477 91.047% 0 <6.0 52.43°C 0.981
12.038V 5.035V 3.321V 4.965V 438.761 41.98°C 114.74V
50% 37.282A 4.969A 4.975A 1.819A 499.214 90.446% 906 25.8 42.11°C 0.983
12.035V 5.032V 3.317V 4.947V 551.946 57.32°C 114.7V
60% 44.867A 5.967A 5.976A 2A 599.607 89.853% 894 25.5 42.8°C 0.986
12.034V 5.029V 3.313V 4.93V 667.32 59.41°C 114.66V
70% 52.380A 6.965A 6.98A 2.24A 699.483 89.094% 981 28.6 43.4°C 0.988
12.034V 5.026V 3.31V 4.91V 785.113 60.75°C 114.64V
80% 59.961A 7.963A 7.985A 2.349A 799.488 88.161% 1176 33.9 43.82°C 0.99
12.035V 5.023V 3.306V 4.896V 906.85 61.83°C 114.59V
90% 67.875A 8.464A 8.477A 2.458A 899.272 87.107% 1353 37.9 44.7°C 0.992
12.034V 5.021V 3.303V 4.882V 1032.374 63.55°C 114.56V
100% 75.589A 8.966A 9A 3.098A 999.285 85.98% 1703 46.6 45.89°C 0.993
12.034V 5.019V 3.3V 4.842V 1162.233 64.69°C 114.51V
110% 83.240A 9.967A 10.103A 3.104A 1099.897 84.839% 1981 50.5 46.08°C 0.994
12.033V 5.016V 3.296V 4.832V 1296.456 66.07°C 114.47V
CL1 0.115A 14.975A 14.943A 0A 126.291 82.673% 930 26.6 40.9°C 0.952
12.074V 5.028V 3.319V 5.05V 152.754 49.02°C 114.82V
CL2 0.115A 24.862A 0A 0A 126.25 81.147% 929 26.6 41°C 0.953
12.067V 5.022V 3.332V 5.056V 155.58 47.28°C 114.82V
CL3 0.114A 0A 24.896A 0A 83.881 73.531% 933 26.7 40.49°C 0.942
12.072V 5.042V 3.314V 5.052V 114.076 45.89°C 114.84V
CL4 83.113A 0A 0A 0A 999.857 86.73% 1456 40 46.1°C 0.993
12.030V 5.031V 3.309V 5.002V 1152.84 55.73°C 114.52V

Load regulation is tight only at 5V. The 12V rail’s load regulation exceeds 1.5% because its voltage level is too low at the 20W load, which is my start point at 11.893V. At 40W load, the 12V rail climbs to 12.074V. If I took the 40W load test as a reference, the load regulation at 12V would be 0.38%, which is pretty tight.

Ripple Suppression

Test 12V 5V 3.3V 5VSB Pass/Fail
10% Load 32.8 mV 12.2 mV 15.8 mV 12.3 mV Pass
20% Load 19.2 mV 12.2 mV 13.3 mV 10.8 mV Pass
30% Load 17.4 mV 12.6 mV 15.0 mV 11.3 mV Pass
40% Load 17.8 mV 13.1 mV 14.4 mV 11.8 mV Pass
50% Load 17.9 mV 13.5 mV 15.6 mV 12.5 mV Pass
60% Load 19.7 mV 14.3 mV 15.7 mV 13.9 mV Pass
70% Load 18.6 mV 15.2 mV 17.1 mV 14.8 mV Pass
80% Load 19.7 mV 15.7 mV 18.5 mV 14.8 mV Pass
90% Load 19.6 mV 18.3 mV 17.9 mV 15.5 mV Pass
100% Load 28.2 mV 18.3 mV 20.4 mV 15.7 mV Pass
110% Load 28.5 mV 21.0 mV 20.4 mV 16.9 mV Pass
Crossload 1 37.8 mV 18.9 mV 20.8 mV 13.0 mV Pass
Crossload 2 28.5 mV 29.7 mV 15.8 mV 12.9 mV Pass
Crossload 3 20.1 mV 13.8 mV 19.7 mV 13.7 mV Pass
Crossload 4 27.0 mV 13.1 mV 16.5 mV 16.4 mV Pass

Ripple suppression is good.

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4 thoughts on “Seasonic Focus GX-1000 V4 ATX v3.1 PSU Review

  1. Thank you for the great review! I’m personally waiting for the ATX3.1 compliant Vertex PX-1200. But a sales rep from Seasonic told me those are currently only available in Asians markets at the time. Do you maybe have an estimate when the ATX3.1 versions of the Vertex series become available in the EU?

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