Seasonic Focus GX-750 V4 ATX v3.1 PSU Review

Epilogue

Now that I have evaluated all Seasonic’s Focus V4 line members, I have the complete picture, which I can share with you. The new PCB design is interesting but doesn’t offer much in terms of performance and noise output. The small heatsinks undoubtedly play a significant role in this. Although the distance between parts is considerable to allow for adequate airflow, it still cannot compensate for the lack of large heatsinks. Moreover, don’t forget the extended warranty for this product. An extended warranty means that the manufacturer has to play it “safe” with the fan speed profile, or else the elevated operating temperatures can bring trouble in the long run. This is why I no longer care for the provided warranty, as long as it exceeds 2-3 years.

I would like to see the new Seasonic Focus GX units achieving notably higher performance than their predecessors, but this wasn’t the case. Moreover, the 750W model has misconfigured protection features, so my samples died during the evaluation. I am expecting new samples from Seasonic, which will hopefully operate properly. Because I will probably receive this question from readers, I cannot know if the products in stock have the correctly set protection features. Still, I did my part at least, informing Seasonic that it should look into this matter as soon as possible. Because of the not correctly set protection features, this unit cannot get an ATX v3.1 pass from my lab.

The Seasonic GX-750 V4 is expensive for a Gold unit, at $130. There are many offerings in the 850W category at lower prices and with better performance. For example, at the time of the review, the XPG Core Reactor II was at a crazy low price of $85!

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