New 1 Kilowatt PSU - Too Much Power?

Steve from Hexus writes "While at the GC 2005 gaming convention in Leipzig, Germany, Hexus.net encountered a new 1kW PSU from Enermax, called the 'Galaxy'. At peak output it will use 1.4kW of mains power to provide a total of 66 amps across its various power rails. Who will actually have a need for this PSU, and when this amount of power is being consumed, shouldn't we be thinking about redundant power systems (or perhaps energy efficiency) instead?"

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[kmactane]

when this amount of power is being consumed, shouldn't we be thinking about... energy efficiency instead?

Energy efficiency? What the heck is that?!? Some kind of commie pinko thing?

Pardon me, I've got to go hop in my SUV so I can drive a quarter-mile to the supermarket so I can pick up a newspaper. I wanna know more about Courtney Love's pregnancy. Oh, and I suppose I should care about what's going on in Iraq...