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Enermax Galaxy is a BEAST! Check it out..

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Fr3@k3r

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wow.. talk about an uber psu :drool:

so who wants to buy one so we all know how well it works? i havent seen anyone around here with one :shrug:

anyways

http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/showdoc.aspx?i=2956&p=8

Enermax showed how much hardware its Galaxy 1000W can power. According to Enermax, the PSU delivered 933 W to 24 80GB hard disks, four Opteron 8212 CPUs, four 3Ware 9650 drive controllers, a GeForce 7600GX and 8GB of RAM (16 x 512MB).
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That is an impressive amount of HDD, but I would like to know the power requirements for running them, something smells strange...




Oklahoma Wolf said:
The Galaxys are nice. Personally, I'm waiting on this one: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/436/1/

Andyson built server grade unit, 12v @ 150A - it's been UL approved as a 1.6kW unit and should be on the shelves before too long.
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And wow, that is alot of PSU.
 
Yeah, they "measured" 933W power draw, but I would like to know how they got that number. I can't really picture that system drawing more than perhaps 600-700W. They probably measured at the outlet.
 
a 7600GX? If I were advertising a PSU, I would DEFINATELY use SLI 8800GTX's, or atleast SLI 7950GTX's...

Or their ATI equivalents. Sorry, I've only used 1 ATI card and that was over 4 years ago... :D
 
Dayum! :eek: Enermax must've reworked their quality control. I remember way back several of my Enermax psu's died mysteriously. Still don't have a clue till this day.
 
reclaimer122 said:
a 7600GX? If I were advertising a PSU, I would DEFINATELY use SLI 8800GTX's, or atleast SLI 7950GTX's...

Or their ATI equivalents. Sorry, I've only used 1 ATI card and that was over 4 years ago... :D
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They were showing it in an (over the top) server environment. Powerful 3D graphics cards arent a requirement.
 
Legit Reviews said:
"With the +12V rail being rated at 1800W that means it can handle an amazing 150A load! To put this into perspective, NVIDIA's power hungry 8800GTX DirectX 10 compliant graphics cards uses ~30A. If one was to run a pair of 8800GTX graphics cards in SLI it would double to roughly 60A, which leaves another 90A available to use up on the Ultra X3 Modular 2000W PSU."
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30 amps?! is that accurate? how the hell does a 8800 GTX work on multi-railed PSU's in that case? :confused:
 
Xione said:
30 amps?! is that accurate? how the hell does a 8800 GTX work on multi-railed PSU's in that case? :confused:
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Most overclockers/gamers, including those who have no business running review sites (Legit Reviews, BigBruin, 3DGameMan, etc.) overestimate power draw/everything based on vague anecdotal information.
 
mantralord said:
Most overclockers/gamers, including those who have no business running review sites (Legit Reviews, BigBruin, 3DGameMan, etc.) overestimate power draw/everything based on vague anecdotal information.
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QFT :rolleyes:
 
Fr3@k3r said:
god help us when it becomes that a computer needs a 5kw or hell 10kw power supply.
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FR,

Already have this one ordered for contingency future requirerments. :)
 

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