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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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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
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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