The REAL reason for Global Warming

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The real reason for Global Warming, and a higher Electric Bill...

Thermaltake ToughPower 1500W Modular Power Supply

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and a snip at only £199.74 inc VAT

Any ideas what computer would take up 1500 watts?

Stelly
 
I cant ever imagine my computer using that amount of wattage, I have a 600w PSU running a 8800GTX, Q6600, 6 HDDs, a Pump, and 5 fans...

Stelly
 
Raikiri said:
Who cares? It'll only use what it needs (at varying efficiencies)
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Peak efficiency is around 75-80% load though I think on most PSU's, having a 1500W PSU means it will never get there (not on current PC's) so it will be far less efficient than having a smaller PSU more suited to the power requirements.
 
stupid, computers wont be using that amount for years and years,

an sli'ed ultra, 8gb of ram, quad at 4ghz, 6hds, lots of fans and disc drivers etc wont use any more than 650w-700w would they?
 
St0rmer66 said:
Peak efficiency is around 75-80% load though I think on most PSU's, having a 1500W PSU means it will never get there (not on current PC's) so it will be far less efficient than having a smaller PSU more suited to the power requirements.
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Yes, but peak efficiency isn't always at max output, so this PSUs peak could be at 500w or 800w... either way the efficiency isn't going to be massively different at different outputs (as James.Miller just said).
 
james.miller said:
thats a myth. the 620w corsair for example maintains >79% efficiancy through ~90% of its load (from 133w right up to 623w according to jonnyguru). with it peaking at 83% efficiancy, there really isnt a lot in it: http://www.jonnyguru.com/review_details.php?id=32&page_num=2
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I think it's less a myth than just that PSU's have got better :) . But the Corsair is pretty exceptional in terms of efficiency, Seasonic make them very well, where as Thermaltake are not known for as high quality PSU's so it wouldn't be up to those standards I would have thought. The problem with such a huge PSU is that ~150w (as an example of what an idling computer would use) is about 25% load on the 620w Corsair, where as it's only 10% load on a 1500w PSU. I doubt even the Corsair is all that efficient when only working at 10%?
 
This maybe for the Really top high of high end enthusiast market, Quad XFire/3 way sli, multiple hard drives, i could think of a system that would use more than that anyway.
 
Sinny said:
This maybe for the Really top high of high end enthusiast market, Quad XFire/3 way sli, multiple hard drives, i could think of a system that would use more than that anyway.
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one of those 80-core intel chips might do it?
 
Whats the amp rating on the 12v rail? Perhaps you could run a hi fi amp from it as well as a PC...

I have yet to see a normal computer use more than 1000w... you'd have to have 100 hard drives or something silly like that to get over 1000w. :D
 
120amps across the 12v rails, apparently lol. it looks like its literally two 750w psus stuck together and are built by CWT. they use similar components on each side to the corsair 750w tx (also built by ctw)
 
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