Monday, May 18th 2009
SilverStone Readying 1500 W Monster PSU
SilverStone is going for the (over)kill with a 1500W enthusiast-grade PC power supply. The Strider Series 1500W (model: SST-ST1500) is one of the first 1000+ Watt PSUs to carry the 80 Plus Silver efficiency rating. This PSU made for an early-sighting at this year's CeBIT event, and is gearing up for launch very soon. It delivers 1500W of continuous, and 1600W of peak power. It features a 100% modular cable design, meaning that even the 24-pin ATX and EPS cables are modular unlike in most modular PSUs.
The unit measures 150 x 86 x 220 mm (WxHxD). Under the hood are eight +12V rails, that belt out up to 120A of current. Active PFC is available. The ATI CrossFireX and NVIDIA SLI certified PSU features four 6+2 pin, and eight 6-pin PCI-Express power connectors. High-grade Japanese capacitors are used. A 135 mm fan with a minimum noise-output of 19 dBA keeps this beast cool. Applications? Plenty: an enthusiast could run a highly-tweaked multi-GPU PC, and be able to directly power one or two thermo-electric coolers.
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Hermitage Akihabara
The unit measures 150 x 86 x 220 mm (WxHxD). Under the hood are eight +12V rails, that belt out up to 120A of current. Active PFC is available. The ATI CrossFireX and NVIDIA SLI certified PSU features four 6+2 pin, and eight 6-pin PCI-Express power connectors. High-grade Japanese capacitors are used. A 135 mm fan with a minimum noise-output of 19 dBA keeps this beast cool. Applications? Plenty: an enthusiast could run a highly-tweaked multi-GPU PC, and be able to directly power one or two thermo-electric coolers.
56 Comments on SilverStone Readying 1500 W Monster PSU
they seems to be wanting us to pay uber-large electricity bills...
No other reason than to go "ZOMG I has a 1500W PSU :nutkick:"
With most PS's peak efficiency around 50% load, picking a 1K, 1.2K, or even 1.5K PSU may save some dollars at the end of the day. Though we're usually only talkin' a couple percentage points between 20% 50% and 80% loads...
quad cpu socket CAD system with 3 quadro fx 5800's plus 10 10k rpm hard drives and triple water loop.
Fairly typical system for CAD related to mining and oil drilling. That shit is insane. We have a computer at babcock power that runs bentley autoplant on 4 2560x1600 displays. same specs though (5400s not 5800; those just came out).
I'd like to see someone build a gaming rig like that though *rolls eyes* as if there is a gaming engine that could handle those kinds of resources without actually becoming slower due to overhead anyways.
I can reach a realistic wattage of around 1300w (dual cpu, 6x ram, 2x gtx295 - added 2 more as "additional pci-e cards", watercooling, cold cathodes, tec, pump, relay, card reader, bluray drive, dvd-rw writer, 2x sata drives, ssd drive) :D