Conclusion

The VGA Power from FSP is an interesting, but rather specific device. It is mainly targeted at PC enthusiasts and overclockers (who can never have quite enough of PSU wattage), at potential owners of the upcoming quad SLI, etc. On one hand, the VGA Power meets competition from ordinary, high-wattage PSUs. FSP Group itself turns out 700W models that should suffice with a big reserve for any modern computer and are going to be quieter with their 120mm fans than the VGA Power. But on the other hand, the VGA Power can guarantee excellent voltage stability with a deflection of ±0.5% from the norm across the entire load range. I guess some overclockers are going to appreciate this characteristic and the fact that the VGA Power is a ready-made solution.

The VGA Power may also be interesting for such a small group of users as owners of barebone systems and other exotic system cases in which the power supply cannot be easily replaced with a higher-wattage one due to its non-standard form-factor. But there are not so many such users, especially if you count in only those of them who want to install such a processor and graphics card that the native PSU cannot cope with. And quite a lot of such systems just don’t have a free 5.25” bay. And even if they have, it wouldn’t be good to install the VGA Power close to the DVD-drive because the case of this power supply is very hot at work, as I mentioned earlier.

Ordinary users will hardly be interested in the VGA Power. For them, replacing the main PSU is going to be a better solution than purchasing an additional one, especially since a new 400W PSU (for example, an ATX-400PNF from FSP) costs less than $40 and the VGA Power will hardly cost as much less as to justify the purchase. The ATX-400PNF can not only power up almost any computer configuration (at least, the owner of a configuration it cannot cope with surely has enough money to buy an even better PSU), but is also going to be much quieter than a VGA Power plus an old, low-wattage main PSU.