legitreviews.com — Ultra Products today announces that it will unveil the world?s first 2000W ATX Power Supply Unit for the PC at next week?s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Legit Reviews has some of the first available pictures of this monster posted and take a closer look at what this PSU can do. The +12V rail supports 150 Amps! That's just bloody insane.
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drjekelmrhydeJan 4, 2007
digg down sorry
gruntboyxJan 4, 2007
Everyone is forgetting the square root of 2 !!!! Its RMS people. The power supply is rated for 2000 Watt DC. from the wall that means120 (rms) x 15 Amp (rms) = 1800 watt (rms) 120*sqrt(2) x 15*sqrt(2) = 3600 watt 169.7 (V) x 21.2 (A) = 3600 watt 3600 watt > 2000 watt. It will still run on a standard 15 amp (rms) house hold circuit breaker. Now if you take into the supply inefficiencies thenPower out / Power in = 2000 watt / 3600 watt = 55.5 % As long as this supply is that efficient it will run on a standard house hold breaker. And considering most computer supplies are efficient switching supplies then there will be no problem to pull 2000 watts from the wall. RMS = Root mean square which means what comes out of the wall has been divided by sqrt(2)! if you stick your multimeter in wall socket you will notices that your sticking an RMS multimeter in the wall socket which is why it comes out 120 V. The power supply still has plenty of head room.
gaquaJan 4, 2007
the only way to get anywhere near 1KW is to load up a box with hard drives. Even a quad-core system with SLI 8800GTXs can be run on a good 500-600W PSU.
areallygoodnameJan 4, 2007
"The Ultra X3 Modular 2000W PSU has a footprint that is similar to the PC Power & Cooling 1000W power supply.""With the PC Power & Cooling 1000W power supply running $599.99 at Newegg,"There are far more "1000W" power supplies than just the PC Power & Cooling one.The Topower "1000W" for example is the same size as a regular PSU (i don't know if you guys can get them in the states). <a class="user" href="http://www.gamedude.com.au/prod_show.php?art_no=psTO1000">http://www.gamedude.com.au/prod_show.php?art_no=psTO1000</a>
maninblac1Jan 4, 2007
@qaquaYou're kidding right, each GTX is rated for 175W of electrical power(that's important i'm not talking about TDP's or anything), PCIe connectors from a PSU only supply 135W, that's why it needs two. 175 x2 is 350W, add in an intel quad core with peak wattage of 200W (we'll play conservative here) and you're already at a 550W peak, not including fans, drives, accessories, etc. Put it this way, you won't be "gaming" on a rig with only a 600W supply in it.
maninblac1Jan 4, 2007
Amen my friend, i'm looking at getting lian li's 30 HDD box, good stuff.To answer the other question, what do you store, anything and everything, why not? You give a nerd 5TB of HDD space and they will fill it, it's like a natural order or something. I'm working on filling my 1.5TB array, just takes time.
thereJan 6, 2007
One more reason the energy sector is destined to remain profitable for a long time to come.
Closed AccountSep 23, 2008
how else would I power my kickers inside?
bendibJan 19, 2010
People never got this. PSUs do NOT pull the amount of watts they are rated for all the time. If you stick a 2,000 watt PSU in a system that needs 70W, you will pull how much? 70W. Same with a 20,000 watt PSU.