Sunday, January 1st 2023
GALAX Launches HOF GH 1300W PSU with Dual 16-pin 12VHPWR Connectors
GALAX launched one of the first enthusiast-grade PSUs to come with two native 16-pin 12HPWR connectors. The new GALAX Hall of Fame (HOF) GH1300 has a rated power output of 1300 W, peak power output of 2600 W, meets both ATX 3.0 and PCIe Gen 5 specifications (especially their excursion-tolerance requirements), and offers 80 Plus Platinum switching efficiency. The PSU offers two 12VHPWR, each capable of 600 W continuous output; ten 6+2 pin PCIe power, at least twelve SATA power, and a couple legacy connectors. The PSU itself is surprisingly compact for its power class, with just 14 cm length; and relies on a 120 mm fan to keep cool. GALAX is backing the GH1300 with a 10-year warranty, and is pricing it at the equivalent of USD $500.
Source:
Tom's Hardware
12 Comments on GALAX Launches HOF GH 1300W PSU with Dual 16-pin 12VHPWR Connectors
Jesus, I don't even want to think about 350W GPUs becoming acceptable...
The scalping/inflationary/milk 'em-till-they-die mentality has finally hit the PSU segment just like everything else.... so sad :(
Always good to have a spare 12 port if one melts :laugh:
The price of a reasonable PSU, CPU, GPU, RAM, SSD etc have all actually come down significantly since the ETH/COVID scalpocalypse. The only exception to that appears to be AM5 boards because the cheapest options are still PCIe 5.0 which dramatically ups the cost. A620 and potentially PCIe 4.0 B650 boards aren't due for another quarter.
- You can buy a good $75 PSU that will last for 10 years.
- You can buy a $250 GPU which will play every AAA game on the market right now at 1080p
- You can buy a midrange CPU/Board/DDR4/PCIe 4.0 SSD platform combo that will give you 90% of the flagship experience for 25% of the price.
If you want to game at 4K120 with raytracing, then you need to pay the price, but it's never been cheap, it historically hasn't been possible at all, and nobody is forcing you to buy $2000 GPUs, $1000 motherboards, or $500 PSUs.