Thermaltake 1200watt PSU

fps justin · June 17th, 2006

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32473

the kind of power you'll need for near future quad sli and crossfire setups.

**gvblake22** · June 17th, 2006

Frickin' rediculous is all I have to say...

polobunny · June 17th, 2006

Well don't PC P&C already have their 1Kw PSU?

fps justin · June 17th, 2006

yeah but this is 1/5 bigger than that one. I wonder how efficient this is going to be.

**gvblake22** · June 17th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by polobunny

Well don't PC P&C already have their 1Kw PSU?

Yes, they do.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fps justin

yeah but this is 1/5 bigger than that one.

I think your math is a little off. 1/5 is a fraction and is the same as .2 or 20%.

I think what you meant to say is that the Tt 1500W PSU is 1.5 times (or 150%) as powerful as the 1000W PC Power & Cooling PSU.

I just can't see possibly needing that much power. Those with the quad GPU setups that think you need this much power, you are probably never even going to see the benefits of quad GPU anyway!
Sorry, just a little bit of a rant. It's just that this whole "more GPUs the better" philosophy is just getting under my skin and I think it is not the right way to go about getting better graphics power...

RangerXLT8 · June 17th, 2006

Ok let me rant/

Giant PSU, they are a waste for about 99% of enthusiast. Seriously
I ran X1800XT 1024mb CrossFire 700/800 with a Pentium D 920 clocked at 4.2ghz. Also ran 3-10k rpm raptors, 2-80gb SATA drives, 2 plextor DVDRW, high performance Delta 120mm, 10.6w water pump. This ran on 510w of REAL power, that is the PC Power & Cooling 510. The PSU was almost at it's limit, but how much more can you have in a system than what I listed? Yes quad SLI is 4 cards, but we all know ATI cards are power hogs, same can be said for a Pentium D @ 4.2ghz.

I can see using a 800w+ unit for OCing Pentium D @ 6ghz while runing X1900Crossfire under DICE and an array of 15k scsi drives, but anything less, it's a waste. I guarantee of these super PSU, the only one that's any good are PC Power & Cooling 850SSi and 1KW<--because it's a sick psu, nuff said'.

/end rant

polobunny · June 19th, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by RangerXLT8

I can see using a 800w+ unit for OCing Pentium D @ 6ghz while runing X1900Crossfire under DICE and an array of 15k scsi drives, but anything less, it's a waste. I guarantee of these super PSU, the only one that's any good are PC Power & Cooling 850SSi and 1KW<--because it's a sick psu, nuff said'.

/end rant

That is not a waste! I want to run my Pentium D at 6ghz everyday!

killswitch83 · June 21st, 2006

yeah, but then two conditions would occur:

1. you would have to put the monster in cryo-stasis permanently

and

2. you would have to "court" Bill Gates to keep the power bill paid, rofl

Think I'll just stick with humbler hardware, for now, heheh

Jokerswild · June 21st, 2006

I'm going to start building my own dam so I'll be able to power my next computer.

killswitch83 · June 21st, 2006

well hell, just go all out and build your own nuclear power plant, rofl.....that'll make it more affordable, heheh :P

June 17th, 2006	#1
fps justin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,199	Thermaltake 1200watt PSU http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32473 the kind of power you'll need for near future quad sli and crossfire setups. E2140 @ 375 x 8 = 3.0ghz 2x1 ocz system 1337s pc2-6400 5-5-5-15 @ 450mhz gigabyte P35 S3L eVGA 7600GT Stock 120 gig seagate ULTRA X-Finity 600w Sonata 2 w/ top fan G5 Lazer Mouse

June 17th, 2006	#4
fps justin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,199	yeah but this is 1/5 bigger than that one. I wonder how efficient this is going to be. E2140 @ 375 x 8 = 3.0ghz 2x1 ocz system 1337s pc2-6400 5-5-5-15 @ 450mhz gigabyte P35 S3L eVGA 7600GT Stock 120 gig seagate ULTRA X-Finity 600w Sonata 2 w/ top fan G5 Lazer Mouse

June 17th, 2006	#6
RangerXLT8 Worker Ant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 956	Ok let me rant/ Giant PSU, they are a waste for about 99% of enthusiast. Seriously I ran X1800XT 1024mb CrossFire 700/800 with a Pentium D 920 clocked at 4.2ghz. Also ran 3-10k rpm raptors, 2-80gb SATA drives, 2 plextor DVDRW, high performance Delta 120mm, 10.6w water pump. This ran on 510w of REAL power, that is the PC Power & Cooling 510. The PSU was almost at it's limit, but how much more can you have in a system than what I listed? Yes quad SLI is 4 cards, but we all know ATI cards are power hogs, same can be said for a Pentium D @ 4.2ghz. I can see using a 800w+ unit for OCing Pentium D @ 6ghz while runing X1900Crossfire under DICE and an array of 15k scsi drives, but anything less, it's a waste. I guarantee of these super PSU, the only one that's any good are PC Power & Cooling 850SSi and 1KW<--because it's a sick psu, nuff said'. /end rant Quad Core Xeon 3210@3.22ghz GA-EP35C-DS3R 460FSB x 7 -- 60mm Delta fan on NB 2x2gb Patriot Viper DDR3-1333 Sapphire 4870 512mb GDDR5 2x Raptor 150 ADFD RAID 0--WD320YS RE 16mb Storage Samsung Super WriteMaster 20x DVDRW X-Fi eXtremeGamer w\Logitech Z-2300 Silverstone OP650 54A 12v Rail @50C DamgerDen Torture Rack--MC-TDX--Black Ice GTX240--MCP355 Rev 2--Swiftech MicroRes-- Tygon 3603 3/8"ID Logitech G5 - Logitech LX-710 wireless KB Vista Ultimate 64

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June 17th, 2006	#2
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,421 Blog Entries: 1	Frickin' rediculous is all I have to say...

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polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,844 Blog Entries: 6	Well don't PC P&C already have their 1Kw PSU?

June 21st, 2006	#8
killswitch83 Village Idiot Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 226	yeah, but then two conditions would occur: 1. you would have to put the monster in cryo-stasis permanently and 2. you would have to "court" Bill Gates to keep the power bill paid, rofl Think I'll just stick with humbler hardware, for now, heheh

June 21st, 2006	#9
Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,118	I'm going to start building my own dam so I'll be able to power my next computer.