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
LOL yeah they wont...
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.
:respect: 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... :rockout:
And if this proves insufficient, you could alway grab one of these: www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/epower_2kw/ :D
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.
And barring any made up, BS laws, wouldn't it be illegal to regulate that?
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
A little update, its price will be around 40k yen (306 euros) according to pc watch