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07-17-2005, 01:01 PM
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1000W PSUs
how much time would it pass before 1K PSU are brought to market?
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07-17-2005, 01:23 PM
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You can get them, but they're External UPS supplies. You can get those up to 4000w that i've seen. You can get an 850w single internal PSU
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07-17-2005, 01:26 PM
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The Turbo-Cool 850 SSI from PCP&C has a 950W peak output..pretty dam close to 1000W.
This kind of power is not neccesary at all for 99.5% of todays systems. |
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07-17-2005, 01:27 PM
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Peak outputs are always quite a bit higher than the real (effective) outputs though. A single PSU on 1000w would probably overheat without loud fans or water cooling.
EDIT: Thats the 850w PSU I was on about anyway |
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07-18-2005, 08:48 AM
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but if ur not using 1000W it wouldnt actually overheat that much.
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07-18-2005, 01:17 PM
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If you're not using the 1000w why waste money on an overpowered unit?
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07-18-2005, 03:15 PM
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07-18-2005, 04:10 PM
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The day we start needing 1000W of constant power is the day they start giving us 24 processor super computers with a total of 36GHZ of processors and 12GB of memory for $900.
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07-18-2005, 04:29 PM
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Hehe, yeah and imagine our power bills if we use the full extent of that power!
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07-18-2005, 10:54 PM
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It won't be too long before that kind of power is needed for the fastest gaming computers. Seems bizarre, but its not unrealistic at the rate things are going.
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07-19-2005, 11:07 PM
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i mean how much time would it take to get from 600 to 1000?
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07-22-2005, 01:52 AM
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I don't think anyone really knows Nicolas.
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07-22-2005, 06:49 AM
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07-22-2005, 09:01 AM
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What do you mean "rice" out their computers as some do to their cars?
Of course, putting in a huge, inappropriate, unnecessary PSU is no different than putting on a huge, inappropriate, unnecessary cap to their exhaust. You can only say that I have the loudest car or biggest PSU. With some of the mods people do, 1000W could be used somehow. How many does it take to fire up a slurpee machine? (Man, I have to see that.) ^fo |
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07-22-2005, 09:27 AM
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A PC that can make slurpies? How about toast Pop-Tarts? Maybe even a little toaster oven for little pizzas? Imagine the cooling for that.
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07-22-2005, 09:36 AM
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If you can get an adapter from molex-standard (plug) you could have an Internal PC toaster. That would be useful, I hate having to go all the way from my room to the kitchen just because i'm hungry...
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07-22-2005, 10:08 AM
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07-22-2005, 10:28 AM
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I reckon the first real requirement for 1kW will be in computers heading towards virtual reality, where the hardware inputs require more than a little current. However, I'm no expert, not even close. I'd hope there's no processor/memory/HDD/video card ensemble envisionable that alone would require 1kW, but I suppose an adaptation of Moore's Law comes in to play here
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07-22-2005, 11:08 AM
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It will happen. How many times in the past did we hear "Nobody will ever need 1 Gig of RAM" or "How could one ever possibly need a 10 Gig hard drive?"
As far as bragging rights go. I bought my 850 watt PSU because I had previously bought a Thermaltake 680 watt PSU which could not run two 6800 Ultra's and I was not interested in buying a second PSU which could not run them either. So I bought the best. I could afford the best. I really don't care if anyone thinks I am bragging...I know my PSU will work and I know its good for the future. This was when Nvidia only had 4 PSU's approved for SLI. |
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07-26-2005, 11:41 AM
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Also think of the power bills for a 1000w PSU when its at full pelt. Microwaves only use 850w maximum! Top end video cards use near enough 100w now, and workstation ones can use even more.
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07-26-2005, 07:06 PM
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Some high-end workstations may need that much. Think about it... up to 4 gigs of ram, dual processors (or up to 8 with new technology), dual video cards, 4-5 high speed hard drives, it all adds up. I've seen people use 2 power supplies... Newegg even sells a server case with 2 500W power supplies, but they may be 550s.
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