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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. "Who will actually have a need for this ..." by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    They said the same about the 386 chip when it was new.

    "Good for servers, but no one needs this much CPU power in the home."

  2. Re:Awesome... by chrome · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Is it just me or is the new SG1 and Atlantis shows really taking good shape? I mean, they have like, the hot chick from Andromeda, Crichton from Farscape AND the hotchick from Farscape ... got rid of that plain jain Amanda Tapping!

    HOT CHICKS GALORE!!!!1111one!!!

    OK. Calm down :(

    Next I'll start mentally masturbating over Boomer from BS: Galactica.

    Now there's an army of clones that are allowed to abduct me! Rowr.