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SilverStone showcases 1,500W PSU with 85 per cent efficiency

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Published: Tuesday 2nd June, 2009 | Author: Tarinder Sandhu
Companies: SilverstoneTek (All SilverstoneTek content)

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SS We came across a rather hefty PSU when dropping in to see SilverStone at this year's COMPUTEX trade show.



The Strider ST1500 ships with a 1,500W rating, as the name implies, rising to 1,600W under peak conditions - the highest we've seen for an in-the-case supply. Busting out the tape measure, the big-daddy SilverStone measures 220mm x 150mm x 86mm (WxHxD) so most large chassis should be able to accept it.

Completely modular in design, the package has, cable-wise, four eight-pin PCIe, eight six-pin PCIe, and 12 SATA connectors, along with a bunch of Molexes and main 24-pin and eight-pin plugs.

The enormous wattage is put to good use, providing eight 12V rails (25A limit each) with a combined 110A, and we were a little surprised to learn that the ST1500 had passed the 80PLUS Silver certification with 85-88 per cent efficiency over a wide-ranging load, although it's yet to appear in the records.

SilverStone reckons the single 135mm fan is good enough to keep the beast cool, operating at between 19-34dBA, but we wonder just what kind of rig would require up to 1.5kW.

Got the moolah? It should etail for around $450.

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Re: News - SilverStone showcases 1,500W PSU with 85 per cent efficiency
I need 80667 of these to power my time machine...

1.21 Gigawatts !



80plus certification requires the stated efficiency at 20%, 50% and 100% load. Corsair have graphs for their PSUs showing the efficiencies at these points and in-between. So, as long as your computer *idles* at 300W, these will do fine !Quote
Re: News - SilverStone showcases 1,500W PSU with 85 per cent efficiency
^ That's only a touch over $36 million dollars. If you become the sole winner of Friday's Euromillion, you'll get your money back!Quote
Re: News - SilverStone showcases 1,500W PSU with 85 per cent efficiency
Still not enough for 4x 4870X2 in a Foxconn Destroyer with an E6400 running at 6 Ghz.Quote
Re: News - SilverStone showcases 1,500W PSU with 85 per cent efficiency
1500 watts is plain nuts !Quote
Re: News - SilverStone showcases 1,500W PSU with 85 per cent efficiency

Quote: borandi
Still not enough for 4x 4870X2 in a Foxconn Destroyer with an E6400 running at 6 Ghz.

you do realise Foxconn Destroyer has a AM2 socket and intel things dont go inside it?Quote

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