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New 1 Kilowatt PSU - Too Much Power?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the so-i-rewired-it dept.

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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  1. Awesome... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    now I can get that USB powered Stargate I've had my eye on.

    1. Re:Awesome... by Gherald · · Score: 4, Funny

      ^ proof that all 4-digit UIDs haven't grown up yet ;)

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    2. Re:Awesome... by Opie812 · · Score: 3, Funny

      What the hell are you crazy bastards talking aboot?

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  2. Redundant power? by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    shouldn't we be thinking about redundant power systems

    What? Two 1 kilowatt supplies? That'll save lots of power.. great idea!

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  3. Mmmm, tasty power. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have to keep up with those Intel CPUs ...

    Seriously though, bigger machines have been using far more power for years. Although my 6 CPU Sun box only eats 875W.

  4. First quintic polynomial post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    AD 2005
    1000 watts
    1400 watts peak output
    66 amps
    1 quintic polynomial post

    2005, 1000, 1400, 66 and 1 are the zeroes of

    x^5 - 4472x^4 + 6507201x^3 - 3223494730x^2 + 188478992000x - 185262000000
  5. That's nothing. by Captain+Scurvy · · Score: 5, Funny
    Mine's one point twenty-one jigawatts.

    One point twenty-one jigawatts?!

  6. I'll admit it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I want one to compensate for something. My 550w enermax PSU makes me feel inferior and self concious now. I mean, I bring a girl to my room and she sees my puny PSU, what the hell am I going to do then? "Well, at least I have a large RAID" Yeah right.

    1. Re:I'll admit it... by myukew · · Score: 3, Funny

      if you ever had a girl in your room it would probably run off that power supply

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  7. Purpose by Red+Flayer · · Score: 4, Funny

    FTA:"...but of course, you could just be future proofing, or compensating for something... "

    Sure, I'll be compensating for my ice-cold burrito by running a microwave oven off the USB.

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  8. Re:You build it, one is born every minute to buy i by dr.badass · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is, just maby, a stab at a *server* or it will be required for the next high end Nvidia card.

    Why on earth would you use this in a server? In a server environment you are probably going to be much more concerned with redundancy and energy efficiency, the two things notably lacking here.

    No, this thing is squarely directed at people uncomfortable with the size of their penis.

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  9. 1kW by ndansmith · · Score: 4, Funny
    "How else are you supposed to power your USB tanning lamp?"

    ~DOCSANE

  10. Re:Sweeeeeeet.... by khallow · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't let this pass. This is not right. You can't just say "5-axis home built CNC mill" and not provide pictures!

  11. Naw... by Slipped_Disk · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have, in my basement, a Sun 4/670MP.

    Engraved on the side of the power supply: 975W

    Date on the manufacturing plate: 1983

    'bout time PCs caught up.

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  12. Re:Sweeeeeeet.... by HermanAB · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, and your post should link directly to your own webserver running on a 1MHz PIC processor...

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  13. Re:You build it, one is born every minute to buy i by B747SP · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think he's confusing wattage with amperage.

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  14. Re:Sweeeeeeet.... by AntiGenX · · Score: 4, Funny
    Yes, and your post should link directly to your own webserver running on a 1MHz PIC processor...

    With a 1kW PSU of course...

  15. Re:You build it, one is born every minute to buy i by ari_j · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, this thing is squarely directed at people uncomfortable with the size of their penis.

    Not at all! It's not that I'm uncofmortable with the size of my penis, it's that I need 1.21 kilowatts to power the flux capacitor on my not-penis-related motorcycle with a V8 engine.

  16. Re:Oh, noes, this is gonna be a new fad :) by yellowbkpk · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was going to check it on my TI-84+ Silver Graphite Platinum edition, but I got distracted by the pretty movies of the Matrix...

  17. Re:what the.. by HardCase · · Score: 3, Funny

    square root of 2 ~ 1.414

    Now that's just irrational.

  18. 1 kilowatt? Bah... by Goonie · · Score: 3, Funny

    When you're Strategic Air Command and you're defending against the commies, you need three megawatts to power your computers :)

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