SilverStone Readying 1500 W Monster PSU

[entropy13]

using this to compute...

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)

 

[kyle2020]

I think that even the highest grade (Talking Q9650 / i7, dual card solution such as 2 x 285's or a 295) Along with all your other bits and pieces wouldnt even touch 1KW never mind adding another half to it. The most ive ever saw a rig draw power wise was 500 odd watts, and that was a friends dads skulltrail server.

 

[MKmods]

I dont imagine they will sell too many of these PSs...

 

[h3llb3nd4]

No PSses don't exist
LOL yeah they wont...

 

[Ipatinga]

1.500W is not that crazy

Well, just to illustrate how a 1.500W psu is not insane:

First - The PSU will not use 1.500W all the time. It will only provide what your system is using. If your system is requiring 500W, the psu will pull 500W from your house outlet (if the efficiency is 100% - otherwise, the psu will pull more).

Second - Playing a game or doing 3DMark is not even closed to a High-End System BURN IN.

Third - Just to illustrate: the system below works fine with a Corsair 1.000W psu (PS: Works fine = Play games like Crysis).
But, if you put two little programs to run together, like Prime95 and Furmark... my friend, you will see some real impressive numbers on a Power Analyzer connected to your outlet. These two programs are great to put the CPU and GPU on a very high load (which will drive the power requirement to the roof). With the Corsair 1.000W, you cannot even start both programs. The next? A 1.250W is the best choice for a system like these (if you are really putting it to work hard). And you barely will have that much Watts on hold for a future TEC.

Asus Rampage II Extreme, Core i7 920 D0 @ 3,6GHz (no changes in voltage... all AUTO), 6GB Corsair 1.800MHz, 2x GTX 295 from PNY, Velociraptor 150GB, four green neons, 6 Noctua fans, one Swiftech MCP 650 pump and a blu-ray.

Fourth - It´s better to have the choice of a 1.500W and not need it, than not having and have the need for one.

Fifth - Hey... there are some servers using high quality desktop psu... why not a 1.500W (even though it´s not redundant)? A 1.500W can also be a great duo for the Asus P6T7 WS SuperComputer and the trio or quad green company (NVIDIA Quadro + Tesla)...

Sixth - bragging rights, baby...

 

[Studabaker]

So what kind of computer needs 1500Watts? I can guess something with four CPUs with 12 cores each, twelve sticks of 16GB RAM, about forty hard drives working simultaneously via RAID0+1, and four dual-GPU video cards in octa-SLI/XFire mode, all mashed together into three united cases with about 21 fans running in total. Actually, I think one could power 1.5 of these systems with a 1500Watt PSU.

 

[alexp999]

I wonder how far this is going to go, maybe we will get dual mains PSUs when they want to pass the 3kW barrier

 

[Studabaker]

I wonder how far this is going to go, maybe we will get dual mains PSUs when they want to pass the 3kW barrier

Yes, then I can put a beer cooler in my computer, FINALLY!

 

[h3llb3nd4]

That would be a Overkill even in 2015!

 

[hat]

What a shame that it isn't single rail. I still like the 1200w modular single rail monster better than this. Honestly I feel that mutli rail psus are worse than single rail since drawing 50a from a single 60a rail won't hurt but drawing 50a through a system with two 25a rails can hurt if components on rail 1 are drawing 30a and components on rail 2 are drawing 20a. Rail 1 is being overloaded and could go boom.

 

[alexp999]

There is a single rail 1200w PSU!

 

[reverze]

heavy...

 

[HolyCow02]

thats ridiculous. I thought 1.2KW was enough for anything. This is insane.

 

[Hayder_Master]

you can quad crossfire 4870x2 on extreme pc , wow

 

[MRCL]

Eight 6pin-pcie connectors... that calls for quad 4890s With a 295 as dedicated physix card lol. But really, four 6+2pin and eight 6pin pcie plugs... can you actually use them all?

 

[Wile E]

Lets see, a 240w TEC takes up 20 Amps, leaving us with 100A to play with on the 12v rails. I bet I could come up with a gaming system that could benefit from this PSU.

And if this proves insufficient, you could alway grab one of these: http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/epower_2kw/

 

[TheGuruStud]

What a shame that it isn't single rail. I still like the 1200w modular single rail monster better than this. Honestly I feel that mutli rail psus are worse than single rail since drawing 50a from a single 60a rail won't hurt but drawing 50a through a system with two 25a rails can hurt if components on rail 1 are drawing 30a and components on rail 2 are drawing 20a. Rail 1 is being overloaded and could go boom.

Nearly all PSUs have only one transformer with virtual rails, and they all have OC protection (each "rail" is just current limited). The worst that's going to happen is that the PSU is going to shut off. Now, if you had a total POS, I guess it could pop and take stuff with it, but I haven't seen that happen in a long time.

Real mutiple rails can be a very good thing under load as long as your system is planned around it. You can avoid extra rippling and droop since you'd be coming off separate transformers.

 

[alexp999]

HX1000W by Corsair are true dual rails!

 

[Roph]

I thought there were some kind of regulations in place that stopped the sale of a consumer device that can pull that much power?

 

[TheGuruStud]

I thought there were some kind of regulations in place that stopped the sale of a consumer device that can pull that much power?

Good microwaves can pull that much, plus name any 220V appliances, etc.
And barring any made up, BS laws, wouldn't it be illegal to regulate that?

 

[Mussels]

I'm a little stumped as to why anyone would need to draw 1500W of continuous power for their rig, but it's always good to know that there is one available if you need it.

four GTX 285's. a dual socket i7 with 24GB of ram and a phase change unit.

This would be for a veeeery tiny percentage of users.

Most electric heaters use 2,000W of power, here in the Au every power outlet must output a minimum of 3,000W

 

[h3llb3nd4]

why are good things spread around the whole world?

 

[Mussels]

why are good things spread around the whole world?

piracy mostly. you try and keep the good things in one place, someone else will steal it and sell it to everyone else. what are we talking about again?

 

[Duncan1]

why are good things spread around the whole world?

ROFL. I have the same question...shadedshu


A little update, its price will be around 40k yen (306 euros) according to pc watch

 

[laszlo]

i've made a theoretical high-end sys with 3 4870x2 cards with TEC cooling;i7 cpu with water cooling; and the consumption goes over 1200W so for a few people is needed