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A Kilowatt of Power
An anonymous reader writes "There is finally a review available of a kilowatt power supply. The PC Power and Cooling 1KW produces 1000W of power output with 1100W peak. The review points out how great this product did in the testing but was not afraid to admit how much of an overkill it is for the enthusiast market. From the article, 'In the current computing world, where more always equals "better than" the 1KW is king.'"
1KW? Pfffft, and you think thats Ub3r 133t? Check out my super-duper(tm) Cisco Systems 4200 WACV 4.2KW powerhouse. This baby whoups any powersupply anyday, anywheres, anytime.
> was not afraid to admit how much of an overkill it is for the enthusiast market.
Nothing is overkill for a true enthusiast.
(You should see my friend's stereo speakers.)
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
I've got a 1.21 Jigawatt power supply. Powered by some plutonium I stole from some terrorists in a VW bus down at the twin pines mall.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
You obviously have not seen my flux capacitor
The toad can't burp - and for some reason can't fart either, so it swells up and eventually explodes. --Anonymous Coward
"In the quest for maximum PC performance, you cannot have too much of a good thing. The enthusiasts have shown us that two video cards are better than one, as are two hard drives, and faster is always better."
Preposterous!
The next thing they'll be telling us is that it's better to have $1000.00 than $100.00, vehicles with better gas mileage will save money, doctors make more money than fry cooks, and Linux is better than Windows.
Just imagine how many neon lights and LEDs you could power in your modded case with that thing! It'd be like the sun!
Everyone knows, for every sticker or light-effect you add to your case, it's an honorary +50Mhz boost!
Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves? -Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
We get a 1.21 gigawatt power supply.
> For a consumer power supply, this thing is insane. I mean, there are certainly applications for it with today's use of RAID arrays, SLI video cards and Pentium 4 processors
Also good for arc welding, starting cars with dead batteries, electrifying the fence around your ranch, firing your railgun, and giving yourself electroshock therapy to prevent you from buying another one in the future.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
I've been wanting to overclock my 4800 dual core to 19200. This should be a big help. The liquid Helium is a bit hard to work with but worth it.
Only on Slashdot does a larger power supply make people think of porn...
Also good for arc welding, starting cars with dead batteries, electrifying the fence around your ranch, firing your railgun, and giving yourself electroshock therapy to prevent you from buying another one in the future.
So for the really multifunctional PC that is. Finally beyond the realm of computing!
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Yeah, but think how fast Google's homepage will load!
HA! ...over-consumation...
Over-sexing mother earth? Impossible!
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...you turn your computer _off_!?
I thought this was Slashdot, not GHZWATTMBCIRCLEJERK.
There's a difference?
Equipment:
Brain and / or calculator.
Method:
Visit the manufacturers homepage for each item you want to build into your system, find the technical specifications for that item, then find the specification for the maximum power draw for that item.
Write that figure down, then repeat the process for each of the other system components. When you have data for all the devices, add them together to produce a total.
Result:
Buy a PSU that covers that total figure in normal usage.
Next week we will be covering another difficult subject - Wearing trousers ~ How not to fall over while putting them on.
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Does a power supply necessarily use it's rated power output all the time, or is that just the rated maximum wattage output?
Of course it does! That is why you must never, ever power up a PSU with nothing connected to it. If you did, that whole 1kW would have to be dissipated in the PSU leading to instant meltdown and you having to pick pieces of red hot metal out of your face.
It's the same with power plants - if demand for power suddenly dropped far enough, every power plant in the country would explode with untapped potential.
I think it was rather irresponsible of you to raise such a dangerous subject on Slashdot. Please report to your nearest DHS reception centre for re-conditioning.
Let me ask you a question - HOW MUCH MORE OBVIOUS COULD I POSSIBLY HAVE MADE IT?
Do you completely lack a sense of humour, or for that matter even the most basic of social skills?
Dude, this is Slashdot. He probably has Asperger's.
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