Best 1000w PSU
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Corsair's HX1000 is probably the best overall choice at the moment.
Have a look on here for the best
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=73
OCZ elitexstream is the best non modular 1000W psu, not sure about modular though.
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=73
OCZ elitexstream is the best non modular 1000W psu, not sure about modular though.
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lol wait, EsaT will be in here in a few mins to **** off the thermaltake PSU
Corsair 1000w - very good for cable management especially compared to the Galaxy Enermax which is a rats nest.
Corsair has better reiliability rates over Enermax ot Thermaltake and OCZs EliteXStream (BFG rebranded range).
After working with Thermaltake offerings lately, I've not been impressed with the quality of their supplies.
Corsair has better reiliability rates over Enermax ot Thermaltake and OCZs EliteXStream (BFG rebranded range).
After working with Thermaltake offerings lately, I've not been impressed with the quality of their supplies.
silverstone st1000 is probably the best 1000w psu whislt been silent having rock solid rails and not been as big as other 1000w psu's and the best connections ive used on a psu (corsairs ones take fiddling to get in sometimes)
its also FULL MODULAR
sadly ocuk dont stock silverstone psu's
its also FULL MODULAR
sadly ocuk dont stock silverstone psu's
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Are these Psu's modular?
What on earth do you have to require a 1000w PSU? Overkill much?
The ONLY reason i could understand is if you have quadSLI, which if your sig is right you dont have, why would you want to waste money on a PSU that big? its not like power usage is going to constantly go up at the rate it has been,
The ONLY reason i could understand is if you have quadSLI, which if your sig is right you dont have, why would you want to waste money on a PSU that big? its not like power usage is going to constantly go up at the rate it has been,
....Like Technics "hi-fi" 100 billion watts PMPO.
Are you saying ocz elitexstream is a rebranded BFG?
OCZ bought Pc Power and Cooling in 2007 and the Elitexstream was the first joint venture. AFIK all BFG until recently psus are made by Topower. The new LS series (which indeed look very similar to the OCZ) are made by Fore Point Industrial.
Also the OCZ Elite are single rail whereas the BFG are split rails.
Anyway to the matter in hand, some of the best 1000W modular psus are:
Corsair HX - http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...1-corsair-hx1000w-power-supply-review-11.html
Silverstone ST1000
Zalman ZM1000-HP
Ultra X3 - Which, AFIK, is actually the only 100% modular 1000W psu (correction, SIlverstone make a 100% one as well
) If you look at the review of the Corsair you will see that they describe as been the closest to perfection they have ever seen in a psu and if I was buying one today, that is the one I would buy. I only got the ocz elitexstream non modular cause I found it as a b stock return for £69.99
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My point being people chase the numbers game. More power= better! Although at least a quality 1KW PSU will provide 1KW under full load. Not that you'd need it for 99% of people's systems.
Who knows what the future entails?
With the major graphics card manufacturers claiming the way forward is crossfire/SLI and the suggestion to have a seperate graphics card for physics you might start and see more and more people in the future having 2 or 3 graphics cards in their system. So daft not to buy a psu with growing space.
Secondly psu's run cooler and are quieter when they are only running between 50-75% of their full capacity. Just cause a psu can supply 1000W I wouldn't want to use a psu 24/7 drawing the full 1000W (if I had a quad sli rig etc). Therefore that will give between 500w and 750w which some people are using already. Using that online psu extreme calculator my current system with only one graphics card comes out at 601W.
There is talk now of a GTX280 GX2 coming out maybe. With the 4870x2 needing 258W of power on its own and two of them needing over 500W, a single GTX280 GX2 is going to be one demanding beast maybe needing 400W in it's own right for just one card.
I bought a 480W psu four and half years ago and I thought that was extreme overkill then. That psu today wouldn't even run my current rig.
Just read through the review of that Corsair 1KW supply, its actually quite impressive to be fair, although i still beleave that manufactuers, if they expect people to be moving to SLI/Xfire as the way forwards, will be cutting down the power usage for there components
There was a news post not so long ago...albeit a rumour.. of the next ATI card using considerably less power than todays cards, also with energy efficiant CPUS, HDDs etc and motherboards claiming to be more efficiant with the power they use i cant see the increase in power requirements continuing on the up that it is right now.
I fully support that if your going to buy a PSU then you buy a good one, ive had my enermax 600w since i can remember, i think i bought it just before or after getting my X850, but i cant see (im hoping) people using 1KW of power any time soon
Though i guess only time will tell as to wether im right or wrong