2 Kilowatt Power Supply Tested, (no that's not a typo - 2KW!!) |
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2 Kilowatt Power Supply Tested, (no that's not a typo - 2KW!!) |
 Mar 5 2008, 08:59 PM
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 Will Fold 4 Food  Posts: 6,106 Joined: 10-May 04 From: Franklin, TN Member No.: 10,039  |
Read all about it - http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/epower_2kw/
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Mar 5 2008, 09:03 PM
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 DAMNNNNN!!!! thats alot of juice.
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Mar 5 2008, 09:11 PM
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 Markedly Less Special Than He Thinks Posts: 1,511 Joined: 17-September 06 From: Indiana Member No.: 18,625 |
QUOTE (werty316 @ Mar 6 2008, 01:03 AM)  DAMNNNNN!!!! thats alot of juice. Big, boxy, and completely unnecessary. Just the way I like it.  Now if only it didn't cost $700...
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Mar 5 2008, 09:16 PM
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 It's a buncha, muncha, cruncha... human!  Posts: 6,464 Joined: 4-December 05 From: Perkinsville,VT Member No.: 18,065 |
JFC!
Quad crossfire OC, 15 harddrives, overclocked cpu, water pump, 6 optical drives, 10 super high performance fans Power left over=1000W  no idea really... This post has been edited by Andrewr05: Mar 5 2008, 09:16 PM --------------------  CASE: Antec P182 CPU: Xeon X3220MEMORY: 4GB DDR2 GPU: XFX 8800GTS (Alpha Dog Edition) + Gigabyte 8800GT for physx MOBO: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 PSU: Antec EA500 LCD: 20" Acer Widescreen OS: Windows XP - Use the following link to access the Official Overclockersclub Chat Room: OCC CHAT (be sure to set you browsers irc handler to your standalone IRC client) |
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Mar 5 2008, 09:19 PM
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 OCC Boss Posts: 27,161 Joined: 27-April 02 From: Canada Member No.: 521 |
I think I could start my car with it
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Mar 5 2008, 09:27 PM
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 Posting Nut Posts: 9,588 Joined: 5-October 03 From: Texas Member No.: 6,351 |
And I thought I was going overboard with a 1000w...
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Mar 5 2008, 10:07 PM
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 e = MC Hammer Posts: 5,897 Joined: 21-February 04 From: Southampton, UK Member No.: 8,605 |
Hmmm, I'm not sure if I can comment on this without coming across as unecessarily harsh to be honest.
Oh well I guess I'll try. For a start, completely uncessary just about sums it up. More specifically: Two 1000W supplies in one housing is kind of cheating, at least in my opinion. Not really a negative point I guess. The break out box is quite nifty I guess, and negates any problems getting that monster actually inside a case. It still means you have a big brick to put somewhere. I can't think of any setup that would really test a PSU of half this rating, even when you start setting up stupid stuff. Only 1 4pin CPU power connector and one 8pin CPU connector!? (unless I'm missing something?) If I could actually build something that required that much power, I can buy two very good 1000W PSUs for the price of this and still have change left over. There are cases you can actually fit two PSUs in as well. I don't want to think about what the efficiency curve on that thing must look like either. Obviously trying to test the thing is pretty hard, and can't really tell us anything useful. Not Dan's fault there obviously. I'm not sure there is enough information to give it any kind of award really. Now I realise who this PSU is aimed at, and I don't know, maybe someone could even use one. Personally I would think alternatives would be better suited. This post has been edited by jammin: Mar 5 2008, 10:07 PM --------------------   Recommended Power Supplies List E8400 @ 3.6GHz - DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL - 4GB Patriot Viper Fin - HD 4850 512MB - X-Fi Xtreme Music |
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Mar 5 2008, 10:18 PM
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 Audio Nut Posts: 6,680 Joined: 14-February 04 From: Clemson U. Member No.: 8,484 |
That thing puts out 148 amps on the 12v line. That'll crank many small cars...
Totally and utterly useless it is. I'd be surprised if one is ever loaded down 100%...not to mention the fact that your standard household wiring can't run it even IF it's the only thing plugged in on the entire circuit in that room. By the time personal computers are using that much power (if it ever happens in our lifetime, I doubt it will) that power supply will be outdated as hell. -------------------- Desktop: | Q6600 @ 3.2 GHz | 128 GB GSkill Falcon | 8 GB WinTec AmpX | Sapphire 4870 X2 | DFI P35-T2RL | PCP&C Silencer 610 | W7 x64 | HTPC: | X3 720 BE @ 3.4 GHz | 4.5 TB Storage | 8 GB GeIL Black Dragon | PowerColor 4830 | ECS A-780GM-A | ATI Theater 650 Pro | OCZ Fatal1ty 550 | W7 x64 | Router/VPN/Compiling: | Opteron 175 | 4 GB DDR 500 | S3 Trio PCI VGA | Asus A8N-SLI SE | SinTek 500SLI | XP Pro | Office: | Dell Precision 390 | Core 2 Duo E6320 | 2 GB DDR2 667 | XFX 7800GT | Fedora 10 / Windows 7 RC | NetBook: | Asus EeePC 900A | 1.6 GHz Atom | 32 GB SSD | 2 GB DDR2 667 | Intel Integrated | W7 x86 | |
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Mar 5 2008, 10:22 PM
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OCC Boss Posts: 27,161 Joined: 27-April 02 From: Canada Member No.: 521 |
If it had the proper cabling I could see a real benefit from it. If you were able to power 3 or 4 PC's off one unit it makes alot of sense.
But the way its setup I dunno just doesn't seem like its a good thing. But I guess if you were maybe powering a super server or something that might be better idea and more realistic. 
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Mar 5 2008, 10:34 PM
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It's a buncha, muncha, cruncha... human! Posts: 6,464 Joined: 4-December 05 From: Perkinsville,VT Member No.: 18,065 |
QUOTE (bosco @ Mar 6 2008, 02:22 AM) But I guess if you were maybe powering a super server or something that might be better idea and more realistic. If you had the money for a "super server" you would probably go out and buy some sort of a redundant power supply versus this desktop "type" PSU. At least I would think... -------------------- CASE: Antec P182 CPU: Xeon X3220MEMORY: 4GB DDR2 GPU: XFX 8800GTS (Alpha Dog Edition) + Gigabyte 8800GT for physx MOBO: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 PSU: Antec EA500 LCD: 20" Acer Widescreen OS: Windows XP - Use the following link to access the Official Overclockersclub Chat Room: OCC CHAT (be sure to set you browsers irc handler to your standalone IRC client) |
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Mar 5 2008, 10:42 PM
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OCC Boss Posts: 27,161 Joined: 27-April 02 From: Canada Member No.: 521 |
Very true I guess it just depends on the setup you are running I guess
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Mar 5 2008, 11:04 PM
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 小甜心 Posts: 767 Joined: 24-February 05 From: Taipei, Taiwan Member No.: 15,364 |
Talk about a waste... A HUGE waste.
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